Al-Sadoon Mohammed K, Paray Bilal Ahmad, Al-Otaibi Hamad
Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2017 May;24(4):925-928. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.02.007. Epub 2017 Feb 27.
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 and reported by the authors in the present survey proved to be new records for Turaif region of Saudi Arabia.
沙特阿拉伯王国图赖夫地区的蛇类集合,该地区爬行动物的记录很少,由28个标本组成,代表4个科(游蛇科、眼镜蛇科、蝰蛇科和穴蝰科)的11个物种。本研究首次全面列出了沙特阿拉伯图赖夫省的爬行动物种类。坐标:使用GPS绘制了所收集标本的纬度、经度和海拔。作者在本次调查中报告的三种蛇被证明是沙特阿拉伯图赖夫地区的新记录。