First record of the Diadem Snake, Spalerosophis diadema (Squamata, Colubridae) for Lebanon

By

Khashab, Rami
Jablonski, Daniel, 1987-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-5

Original Publication

Herpetozoa

Volume

35

Pages

77--80

Subjects

Distribution , diversity , Faunistics , Levant , Middle East

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e78714

 

Abstract

We report the first record of the Diadem Snake,Spalerosophis diadema cliffordii(Schlegel, 1837) for Lebanon, based on an adult male found in the semi-desert area of the Beqaa Valley. This record increases the number of species of reptiles for Lebanon to 52, with the family Colubridae now comprising 17. The record also highlights the Beqaa Valley as a promising, but currently insufficiently investigated area for further herpetological research due to its biogeographic connection to the large semi-desert and desert areas of Syria.