Annotated checklist of semi-venomous and venomous snakes of Iraq

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 9، دوره 12، شماره 2، مرداد 2016، صفحه 239-248   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v12i2.49062

نویسندگان

Israa Nadhim Habeeb؛ Rasoul Karamiani؛ Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani^*

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

چکیده

This study includes a check-list of semi-venomous and venomous snakes in Iraq along with their distribution and classification. Collectively, from the family Colubridae, one genus, and three species, and Lamprophiidae, two genera, four species of semi-venomous snakes and from the families Viperidae five genera and six species, Elapidae one genus and two species, Hydrophiinae five genera, and eight species of venomous snakes are distributed in different geographic regions of Iraq.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Checklist؛ Snakes؛ Semi-venomous؛ venomous؛ Distribution؛ Iraq