Annotated checklist of semi-venomous and venomous snakes of Iraq

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

Israa Nadhim Habeeb

Rasoul Karamiani

Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani

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

10.22067/ijab.v12i2.49062

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Checklist

Snakes

Semi-venomous

venomous

Distribution

Iraq

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