• Corpus ID: 200019870

Reptile diversity of southern Morocco: range extensions and the role of the Djebel Ouarkziz as a biogeographical barrier

@inproceedings{Kane2019ReptileDO,
  title={Reptile diversity of southern Morocco: range extensions and the role of the Djebel Ouarkziz as a biogeographical barrier},
  author={Daniel Kane and S. Mark Goodwin and Gerrit Verspui and Anniek Tump and Gabriel Mar{\'i}n},
  year={2019}
}

• Daniel Kane, S. Goodwin, +2 authors G. Marín
• Published 25 July 2019
• Environmental Science

The present work provides new records, including range extensions for Uromastyx nigriventris , Ptyodactylus oudrii , Macroprotodon brevis and Echis leucogaster , as well as the first observations of the two former species south of the proposed biogeographical barrier formed by the Djebel Ouarkziz mountain range and the closest record of Echis leucogaster to the coast. Data presented herein shows that at least three species of reptile thought geographically-limited by this chain of mountains, or previously not known from a particular ecoregion in the country, have ranges encompassing a greater portion of these areas than was previously known. This new knowledge highlights the importance of validating previous faunal surveys in regions where field work is often difficult, as well as the need for further surveys in such environments to help improve knowledge of distributional ranges.