iran contains 36 named endemic reptile species in 17 genera and seven families. the most endemic and speciose family is the gekkonidae, followed by the lacertidae. these two families collectively dominate with 22 species (or 60.1%) of the total endemic herpetofauna. twenty one endemics are known only from a single location or restricted area within a single physiographic region. an analysis of ...

Chromosomal characteristics and karyological analysis of three Dixonius, including D. hangseesom, siamensis melanostictus, from Thailand were studied. Chromosome preparations conducted by squash technique bone marrow testis. Conventional Giemsa’s staining Ag-NOR banding techniques applied to stain the chromosome. The results showed that diploid chromosomes are 2n=40, for hangseesom siamensis; 2...

Received 4 January 2005. Accepted 9 November 2005. Distributed December 2005. Abstract Circumstantial evidences for mimicry of scorpions by the neotropical gecko Coleodactylus brachystoma (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Cerrados of central Brazil. There are few records of invertebrates mimicry by reptiles. In the Cerrados of central Brazil, the small Coleodactylus brachystoma is an endemic specie...

We describe a new gekkonid species, Lepiclodactylus vanuatuensis, from Vanuatu, Melanesia. This species most closely resembles L. guppyi and L. gardineri, and belongs to Brown and Parker's (1977) Group II based on having entire terminal scansors on all digits and two or three divided or deeply notched subterminal scansors on digits II-V. However, it differs from these species in having the foll...

A new species of high elevation dwarf gecko (Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus) is described from Mount Namuli, northern Mozambique. This new species is distinguished from other closely related species in the genus Lygodactylus by body size, scalation, and color, and is genetically divergent from congeners. The species is most similar genetically and morphologically to Lygodactylus rex, the King Dwarf G...

South Africa is recognised for its high reptile diversity and endemism, specifically among lizards. Phylogenetic diversity, richness can have clear implications or raise important questions in a range of fields, most urgently conservation. Among squamate reptiles, these indices are very commonly associated with temperatures topographic heterogeneity. Indeed, mountainous biogeography has been cr...