Abstract
The fauna of Amphibians and Reptiles of Egypt consists of 89 species; Marx (1968) distinguishes 93. They are distributed over the arid regions, the cultivated land and the aquatic habitat. Bufonid toads and a large array of geckonid, lacertid and agamid lizards, skinks and colubrid snakes are the most important herpeto-faunal elements reflecting the predominantly arid character of the country. The Egyptian fauna of these groups has a strong palaearctic character but 37% of the species occur also in the ‘Ethiopian’ African faunal region. Here the amphibian and reptilian species of Egypt are listed with short notes on their ecology.
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Hussein, F. (1976). Amphibia and Reptiles. In: Rzóska, J. (eds) The Nile, Biology of an Ancient River. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1563-9_15
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