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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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Trogonophidae (Short-headed Worm Lizards) Genus Diplometopon (Arabian Speckled Worm Lizard)   Diplometopon zarudnyi Arabian Speckled Worm Lizard Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Phrynocephalus (Toad-headed Agamas)   Phrynocephalus macropeltis Dhahran Toad-headed Agama Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 [as arabicus] Gardner 2013 [as arabicus] Gillespie 2013 [as arabicus] Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)   Trapelus flavimaculatus Yellow-spotted Agama Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)   Uromastyx aegyptia Egyptian Spiny-tailed Agama Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Wilms & Boehme 2000 Wilms & Boehme 2007 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Bunopus (South West Asian Tuberculated Geckos)   Bunopus tuberculatus Southern Tuberculated Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Genus Cyrtopodion (Palearctic Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtopodion scabrum Keeled Rock Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013   Hemidactylus persicus Persian Half-toed Gecko Castilla, Valdeon, Cogalniceanu, Gosa, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Al-Naimi & Al-Hemaidi 2013 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014   Hemidactylus robustus Red Sea Half-toed Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 [as turcicus] Genus Pseudoceramodactylus (Gulf Sand Gecko)   Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis Gulf Sand Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Dakhteh, Kami & Anderson 2007 Gardner 2013 Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)   Stenodactylus doriae Middle Eastern Thin-toed Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013   Stenodactylus slevini Dharan Thin-toed Gecko Arnold 1980 Arnold 1986 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Genus Trigonodactylus (Triangle-scaled Geckos)   Trigonodactylus arabicus Arabian Triangle-scaled Gecko Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Metallinou & Carranza 2013  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus opheodurus Snake-tailed Fringe-toed Lizard Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013   Acanthodactylus schmidti Middle East Fringe-toed Lizard Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)   Mesalina adramitana Hadramaut Desert Lizard Arnold 1986 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Schatti 1989 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015   Mesalina brevirostris Short-nosed Desert Lizard Arnold 1986 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Smid, Moravec, Gvozdik, Stundl, Frynta, Lymberakis, Kapli, Wilms, Schmitz, Shobrak, Yousefkhani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Castilla, Els & Mayer 2017   Mesalina guttulata Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard Gardner 2013  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides ocellatus Mediterranean Ocellated Skink Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Genus Heremites (Western Palearctic Grass Skinks)   Heremites septemtaeniatus Seven-striped Grass Skink Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Moravec, Franzen & Boehme 2006 Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)   Scincus conirostris Persian Sand Fish Gardner 2013   Scincus mitranus Eastern Arabian Sand Fish Arnold & Leviton 1977 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008  Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.) Genus Pristurus (Semaphore Geckos)   Pristurus rupestris Rock Semaphore Gecko Arnold 1993 Arnold 2009 Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Cogalniceanu, Castilla, Valdeon, Gosa, Al-Jaidah, Alkuwary, Saifelnasr, Mas-Peinado, Richer & Al-Hemaidi 2014 Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx jayakari Arabian Sand Boa Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed Snakes)   Lytorhynchus diadema Crowned Awl-headed Snake Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps karelini Spotted Desert Whip Snake Gardner 2013 [as ventromaculatus] Gillespie 2013 [as ventromaculatus] Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis diadema Common Diadem Snake Gardner 2013  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013   Hydrophis lapemoides Persian Gulf Sea Snake Gillespie 2013   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013   Hydrophis spiralis Narrow-banded Sea Snake Gardner 2013  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)   Malpolon moilensis Moila Snake Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis schokari Arabian Sand Snake Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)   Cerastes gasperettii Middle Eastern Horned Viper Gardner 2013 Gillespie 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Werner, Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan 1991

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Gardner 2013 Gasperetti, Stimson, Miller, Ross & Gasperetti 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Gardner 2013 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Ross & Barwani in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Gardner 2013 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Ross & Barwani in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Gardner 2013 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Gardner 2013 Gasperetti, Stimson, Miller, Ross & Gasperetti 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Ross & Barwani in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982