Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan

By

Jablonski, Daniel, 1987-
Regan, John M.
Holzheuser, Chace
Farooqi, Javeed
Basit, Abdul
Masroor, Rafaqat

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-9-10

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

32

Pages

177--193

Subjects

Amphibians , Central Asia , Distribution , first record , Reptiles , Zoogeography

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38171

 

Abstract

This study provides observation on 21 species of amphibians and reptiles obtained during various field trips in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2018. The core of this study is distributional data collected mostly by the second author of this paper that were systematically evaluated. Our records show a notable expansion of the current distribution range for several species and highlight the need for more extensive further sampling within the entire country. The first record of Cyrtopodion agamuroides (Nikolsky, 1900) complex for Afghanistan is presented here, increasing the number of herpetofauna in the country to 117 species.