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Georgian Name English name Red List of IUCN Red list Bern Bonn Latin name CITES Georgia Convention Convention 1. Anguis fragilis bo xmeWa Slow Worm III Linnaeus. 2. Pseudopus apodus gvelxo ker a European Glass Lizard III Pallas. 3. Cyrtopodion caspius kaspiu r i geko ni Caspian Gecko III Eichwald. 4. Laudakia caucasia j o j o Caucasian Agama III Eichwald. 5. Darevskia alpina alpu r i xvliki Alpine Rock Lizard VU III Darevsky. 6. Darevskia armeniaca so mxu r i xvliki Armenian Rock Lizard LC III Méhely. 7. Darevskia brauneri br au ner is xvliki Brauner's Rock Lizard LC III Méhely. 8. Darevskia caucasica kavkasiu r i xvliki Caucasian Rock Lizard LC III Méhely. 9. Darevskia clarkorum T u r qu li xvliki Clark's Rock Lizard EN EN III Darevsky & Vedmederja. 10. Darevskia dryada Charnali Lizard CR Darevsky & Tuniyev 11. Darevskia daghestanica d aR est nu r i Daghestanian Rock LC III Darevsky. xvliki Lizard 12. Darevskia dahli d alis xvliki Dahl's Rock Lizard VU NT III Darevsky. 13. Darevskia derjugini ar T vinis xvliki Artwin Lizard, NT III Nikolskij. Derjugin's Lizard 14. Darevskia mixta aWar u li xvliki Ajarian Lizard VU NT III Méhely. 15. Darevskia parvula wiT mu c ela xvliki Red-Bellied Lizard LC III Lantz & Cyren. 16. Darevskia portschinskii mt kvr is xvliki River Kura Lizard LC III Kessler. 17. Darevskia praticola md elo s xvliki Meadow Lizard NT III Eversmann. 18. Darevskia raddei r ad es xvliki Radde's Lizard LC III Boettger. 19. Darevskia rudis qar T u li xvliki Spiny-Tailed Lizard LC III Bedriaga. 20. Darevskia saxicola kld is xvliki Rock Lizard LC III Eversmann. 21. Darevskia unisexualis T eT r mu c ela Unisexual Lizard, NT III Daversky. xvliki White-Bellied Lizard 22. Darevskia valentini valent inis xvliki Valentine's Rock Lizard LC III Boettger. 23. Eremias arguta Pallas. III Steppe Racerunner 24. Eremias velox Pallas. mar d i f sveni Rapid Racerunner III 25. Lacerta agilis mar d i xvliki Sand Lizard II Linnaeus. 26. Lacerta media Lantz & saS u alo xvliki Three-lined Lizard LC III Cyren. 27. Lacerta strigata z o liani xvliki Striped Lizard, Caspian LC III Eichwald. Green Lizard 28. Ophisops elegans ko xt a gvelT ava Snake-Eyed Lizard VU II Menetries. 29. Ablepharus pannonicus az iu r i Asian Snake-eyed CR III Fitzinger. S iS velT ava Skink 30. Eumeces schneideri gr Zelf exa sc inki Long-Legged Skink, III Daudin. Schneider's Skink 31. Eryx jaculus Linneaus. d asavleT is VU III maxr Co bela Western Sand Boa 32. Platyceps najadum wengo sf er i Dahl’s Wipe Snake LC II Eichwald. (=Coluber mc u r avi najadum Eichwald.) 33. Coronella austriaca spilenZa Smooth Snake II Laurenti. 34. Dolichophis caspius yviT elmu c ela Caspian Whip Snake III Gmelin. mc u r avi 35. Dolichophis schmidti wiT elmu c ela Red-Bellied Racer, LC III Nikolsky. mc u r avi Schmidt's Whip Snake 36. Eirenis collaris sayelo iani Collared Eirenis, VU LC III Menetries eir enisi Collared Dwarf Snake 37. Eirenis modestus wynar i eir enisi Ring-Headed Dwarf LC III Martin. Snake 38. Elaphe dione Pallas. saxeebiani mc u r avi Steppes Rat Snakes III 39. Elaphe hohenackeri amier kavkasiu r i Transcaucasian Rat III Strauch. mc u r avi Snake 40. Elaphe sauromates o T xz o liani East-four-lined Rat III Pallas. mc u r avi Snake 41. Zamenis situla European Rat Snake, LC II Linnaeus. (=Elaphe Leopard Snake situla Engelmann.) 42. Hemorrhois ravergieri f er ad i mc u r avi Spotted Wipe Snake III Menetries. 43. Malpolon xvlikiWamia gveli Montpellier Snake VU LC III monspessulanus Hermann. 44. Natrix megalocephala d id T ava ankar a Colkhis Water Snake, VU II Orlov & Tuniyev Large-headed Water Snake 45. Natrix natrix Linnaeus. Cveu lebr ivi Ring Snake, Grass LR/LC III ankar a Snake 46. Natrix tessellata wylis ankar a Dice Snake II Laurenti. 47. Telescopus fallax kat isT vala gveli Cat-Eyed Snake, LC II Fleischmann. Soosan Snake 48. Zamenis longissimus esku lapis gveli Aesculapean Snake, LC III Laurenti. Aesculapian Rat Snake 49. Typhlops vermicularis br u c a gveli Eurasian Blind Snake, III Dausin. Eurasian Worm Snake 50. Macrovipera lebetina giu r z a Levantine Viper III Linnaeus. 51. Vipera transcaucasiana c xvir r qo sani Transcaucasian Nosed NT III Linnaeus. gvelgesla Viper, Transcaucasian Sand Viper 52. Vipera ammodytes Transcaucasian Long- LC II Linnaeus. nosed Viper 53. Vipera darevskii d ar evskis Darevsky's Viper CR III Vedmederja, Orlov & gvelgesla Tuniyev. 54. Vipera dinniki d inikis Caucasus Subalpine VU VU III Nikolsky. gvelgesla Viper, Dinnick's Viper 55. Vipera kaznakovi kavkasiu r i Caucasian Viper EN EN II Nikolsky. gvelgesla 56. Vipera lotievi Nilson lo t ievis Lotiev's Viper NT III Tuniyev, Orlov, gvelgesla Hoggren & Andren. 57. Vipera orlovi Tuniyev o r lo vis Orlov's Viper CR III & Ostrovskikh. gvelgesla 58. Vipera pontica Billing, po nt o s gvelgesla Ponto Viper, Black Sea EN II Nilson & Sattler. Viper 59. Vipera ursinii velis gvelgesla Steppe Viper, Orsini's VU III Bonaparte. Viper 60. Emys orbicularis Wao bis ku European Marsh Turtle, LR/NT II Linnaeus. European Pond Turtle 61. Maureyis caspica kaspiu r i ku Caspian Terrapin, II Gmelin. Caspian Turtle 62. Testudo graeca xmelT aS u az R vis Mediterranean Tortoise, VU VU II Linnaeus ku Spur-thighed Tortoise EX - Extinct C R - C ritically Endangered EN - Endangered V U - V ulnerable LR - Low er R isk C D - C onservation D ependent N T - N ear Threatened LC - Least C oncern D D - D ata D eficient N E - N ot Evaluated IU C N - International Union for Conservation of Nature CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Bonn Convention - Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Bern Convention - The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats .
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  • Systematics, Distribution and Ecology of the Snakes of Jordan

    Systematics, Distribution and Ecology of the Snakes of Jordan

    Vertebrate Zoology 61 (2) 2011 179 179 – 266 © Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, ISSN 1864-5755, 25.10.2011 Systematics, distribution and ecology of the snakes of Jordan ZUHAIR S. AMR 1 & AHMAD M. DISI 2 1 Department of Biology, Jordan University of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 11112, Jordan. amrz(at)just.edu.jo 2 Department of Biology, the University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan. ahmadmdisi(at)yahoo.com Accepted on June 18, 2011. Published online at www.vertebrate-zoology.de on June 22, 2011. > Abstract The present study consists of both locality records and of literary data for 37 species and subspecies of snakes reported from Jordan. Within the past decade snake taxonomy was re-evaluated employing molecular techniques that resulted in reconsideration of several taxa. Thus, it is imperative now to revise the taxonomic status of snakes in Jordan to update workers in Jordan and the surrounding countries with these nomenclatural changes. The snake fauna of Jordan consists of 37 species and subspecies belonging to seven families (Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Atractaspididae, Elapidae and Viperidae). Families Leptotyphlopidae, Boidae and Elapidae are represented by a single species each, Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus, Eryx jaculus and Walterinnesia aegyptia respectively. The families Typhlopidae and Atractaspididae are represented by two and three species respectively. Species of the former genus Coluber were updated and the newly adopted names are included. Family Colubridae is represented by twelve genera (Dolichophis, Eirenis, Hemorrhois, Lytorhynchus, Malpolon, Natrix, Platyceps, Psammophis, Rhagerhis, Rhynchocalamus, Spalerosophis and Telescopus) and includes 24 species. Family Viperidae includes fi ve genera (Cerastes, Daboia, Echis, Macrovipera and Pseudocerastes), each of which is represented by a single species, except the genus Cerastes which is represented by two subspecies.