We present an annotated checklist for a total 241 reptiles and 22 amphibians including 5
frogs, 9 toads, 7 newts and salamanders, 1 crocodile, 1 worm lizard, 148 lizards, 79 snakes …

We present a comprehensive summary of the distribution of the lizards of Iran accompanied
by an annotated checklist. The updated maps of distribution of all 146 species of 41 genera …

Aim The incompleteness of information on biodiversity distribution is a major issue for
ecology and conservation. Researchers have made many attempts to quantify the amount of …

Palearctic naked-toed geckos are a group of gekkonid geckos that range from North Africa to
northern India and western China, with their greatest diversity in Iran and Pakistan …

Aims: The Zagros Mountains are a part of the 20 th global hotspot, the Irano-Anatolian
biodiversity hotspot. In this study, we aim to develop a comprehensive checklist of endemic …

During past years different studies have attempted to describe the tetrapod fauna of Iran,
most of which have focused on the herpetofauna. However there is no coherent study of the …

Iran is usually considered as a bridge between Oriental and African zoogeographical region,
and also the 20th global biodiversity hotspot. Herpetofauna of the Iranian Plateau has a high …

During recent years several lizard taxa have been added to the faunal list of Iran.
Descriptions and new records are scattered in different publications in the herpetological …

We describe a new species of the genus Cyrtopodion from the coastal area of Bushehr
Province in southern Iran based on morphometric and pholidotic data. Cyrtopodion kiabii sp …

A new species of the geckonid genus Cyrtopodion sensu lato—Cyrtopodion sp. nov. is
described from Hormozgan Province, Iran. It is distinguished from other Cyrtopodion sensu …