Abstract Aim The Australian deserts are home to a remarkable diversity of taxa that might
appear to have evolved in the absence of topographic and physical barriers to dispersal. In …

This review describes the diversity of the freshwater, marine, and terrestrial herpetofauna of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that consists of 128 extant species and subspecies; 121 …

Reptiles represent the world's most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates (~ 10,300
recognized species). Knowledge of their conservation status, however, lags behind that of …

Aim Deserts are generally perceived as areas of low diversity, and hence receive little
attention from researchers and conservationists. Squamates are the dominant group of …

In the present work, we use an exceptional database including 5,359 records of 101 species
of Oman's terrestrial reptiles together with spatial tools to infer the spatial patterns of species …

Acanthodactylus lizards are among the most diverse and widespread diurnal reptiles in the
arid regions spanning from North Africa across to western India. Acanthodactylus constitutes …

The desert vipers of the genus Cerastes are a small clade of medically important venomous
snakes within the family Viperidae. According to published morphological and molecular …

DNA barcode reference libraries are now continuously produced for the tree of life, which
are essential pillars for the study of biological diversity. Yet, our knowledge about global …

Species distribution modelling is a powerful tool that can gives us ecological insights about
species distributions, and potential effects of environmental factors, in poorly known habitats …

Aim To understand the patterns of genetic, geographical and morphological diversification in
the Arabian gecko subspecies Pristurus rupestris rupestris, and to discuss the various …