Reptiles and Amphibians of Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Province, Saudi Arabia

Abdulhadi A. Aloufi, Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad A. Abu Baker

Abstract


A total of 44 species of amphibians and reptiles are reported from Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Province, Saudi Arabia. They include two species of amphibian in two families (Bufonidae and Dicroglossidae) and 42 reptiles belonging to 16 families (Agamidae, Boidae, Chamaeleonidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Lamprophiidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Phyllodactylidae, Psammophiidae, Scincidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Varanidae, Typhlopidae, and Viperidae). Platyceps sinai, Psammophis sibilans, Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus, are recorded for the first time to the herpetofauna of Saudi Arabia. Range expansion for Euphlyctis ehrenbergii and Acanthocercus adramitanus to northern Saudi Arabia is reported. Our records expand the known distribution range of the Arabian Cobra, Naja arabica, further northwest.

Keywords


reptiles; amphibians; Al Madinah Province; new records; Saudi Arabia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-3-123-137

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