Annotated checklist of semi-venomous and venomous snakes of Iraq
نویسندگان
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
doi
10.22067/ijab.v12i2.49062چکیده
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.