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.
Alqahtani, A. (2018). Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology, 10(1), 29-34. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2018.13427
MLA
Abdulaziz R.M. Alqahtani. "Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia". Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology, 10, 1, 2018, 29-34. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2018.13427
HARVARD
Alqahtani, A. (2018). 'Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia', Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology, 10(1), pp. 29-34. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2018.13427
VANCOUVER
Alqahtani, A. Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology, 2018; 10(1): 29-34. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2018.13427
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