Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 1, June 2018, Page 29-34 PDF (214.92 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsz.2018.13427 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Abdulaziz R.M. Alqahtani | ||||
| Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bisha, P.O. 551, Bisha, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Tathleeth governorate in Aseer region of southwestern Saudi Arabia has been surveyed for 22 lizard species belonging to 6 families throughout three years started from 2015. A total of 412 specimens of these lizards were encountered and identified. Gekkonidae represented the major family inhabiting the region comprising more than 50% of the collected lizards. Agamidae was represented by 5 species comprising more than 23% of the recorded lizards. The other four families (Lacertidae, Scincidae, Chamaeleonidae and Varanidae) comprised approximately 20% of all the collected lizards. The current survey could be used as conservational clue for the herpetofauna of Tathleeth. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Herpetofauna; Tathleeth; lizards; biodiversity | ||||
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