Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region

A collection of snakes in Turaif region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an area that has been poorly documented for reptiles, consists of 28 specimens representing 11 species belonging to 4 families (Colubridae, Elapidae, Viperidae and Atractaspididae). This study presents the first comprehensive inventor...

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Autores principales: Al-Sadoon, Mohammed K., Paray, Bilal Ahmad, Al-Otaibi, Hamad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.02.007
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description A collection of snakes in Turaif region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an area that has been poorly documented for reptiles, consists of 28 specimens representing 11 species belonging to 4 families (Colubridae, Elapidae, Viperidae and Atractaspididae). This study presents the first comprehensive inventory of the herpetofauna of the Turaif province of Saudi Arabia. Co-ordinates: Latitude, longitude and altitude, of the collected specimens were mapped using GPS. Three of the snake species Lytorhynchus diadema, Pseudocerastes fieldi and Walterinnesia morgani reported by the authors in the present survey proved to be new records for Turaif region of Saudi Arabia.
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spelling pubmed-54152662017-05-10 Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region Al-Sadoon, Mohammed K. Paray, Bilal Ahmad Al-Otaibi, Hamad Saudi J Biol Sci Original Article A collection of snakes in Turaif region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an area that has been poorly documented for reptiles, consists of 28 specimens representing 11 species belonging to 4 families (Colubridae, Elapidae, Viperidae and Atractaspididae). This study presents the first comprehensive inventory of the herpetofauna of the Turaif province of Saudi Arabia. Co-ordinates: Latitude, longitude and altitude, of the collected specimens were mapped using GPS. Three of the snake species Lytorhynchus diadema, Pseudocerastes fieldi and Walterinnesia morgani reported by the authors in the present survey proved to be new records for Turaif region of Saudi Arabia. Elsevier 2017-05 2017-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5415266/ /pubmed/28490966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.02.007 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Al-Sadoon, Mohammed K.
Paray, Bilal Ahmad
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Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title_full Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title_fullStr Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title_full_unstemmed Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title_short Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region
title_sort survey of the reptilian fauna of the kingdom of saudi arabia. vi. the snake fauna of turaif region
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.02.007
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