Reptiles of
Qeshm Island  [Iran]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)
 
Trapelus agilis

Brilliant Ground Agama

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Yellow-bellied House Gecko

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
 
Hemidactylus robustus

Red Sea Half-toed Gecko

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013 [as turcicus]
Genus Pseudoceramodactylus (Gulf Sand Gecko)
 
Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis

Gulf Sand Gecko

Dakhteh, Kami & Anderson 2007 Kamali 2020 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus doriae

Middle Eastern Thin-toed Gecko

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus blanfordii

Makran Fringe-toed Lizard

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina watsonana

Long-tailed Desert Lizard

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Eumeces (Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks)
 
Eumeces zarudnyi

Bazman Long-legged Skink

Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov 2017
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus mitranus

Eastern Arabian Sand Fish

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Pristurus (Semaphore Geckos)
 
Pristurus rupestris

Rock Semaphore Gecko

Yousefkhani, Yousefi, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani 2013