Department of Biology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
Abstract
Protected area of Serisha-Gouji with an approximate area of 100 square kilometers is located in north of Torbat Heydarieh city of Khorasan Razavi province. Its minimum height is 1482 m above sea level and its maximum height is 2522 m. In this field study, which was conducted in the spring and summer of 2011, the area was divided into 8 stations and identified by sampling in a survey of lizards. A total of 75 samples were collected which were identified after transfer to the laboratory using valid keys and metric and meristic traits. The identified species were: Paralaudakia caucasia, Paralaudakia microlepis, Paralaudakia erythrogastra, Trapelus agilis and Trapelus megalonyx from the Agamidae family; Cyrtopodion scabrum from the Gekkonidae family; Eremias persica; Eremias fasciata; Mesalina watsonana from the Lacertidae family; and Eumeces schneiderii princeps From the family of Scincidae. The most frequent species is Laudakia caucasia.
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Assadian Narenji, S., Abrishami, Z., & jamalzadeh, H. (2018). Preliminary Faunistics study of lizards in Serisha-Gouji protected area of Torbat-Heydariyeh in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran. Journal of Animal Environment, 10(3), 121-132.
MLA
Somayeh Assadian Narenji; Zahra Abrishami; hamidreza jamalzadeh. "Preliminary Faunistics study of lizards in Serisha-Gouji protected area of Torbat-Heydariyeh in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran". Journal of Animal Environment, 10, 3, 2018, 121-132.
HARVARD
Assadian Narenji, S., Abrishami, Z., jamalzadeh, H. (2018). 'Preliminary Faunistics study of lizards in Serisha-Gouji protected area of Torbat-Heydariyeh in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran', Journal of Animal Environment, 10(3), pp. 121-132.
VANCOUVER
Assadian Narenji, S., Abrishami, Z., jamalzadeh, H. Preliminary Faunistics study of lizards in Serisha-Gouji protected area of Torbat-Heydariyeh in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast Iran. Journal of Animal Environment, 2018; 10(3): 121-132.
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