Varanidae

Aloufi, Abdulhadi, Zayer, Mohammed Al & Amr, Zuhair S., 2023, Reptiles and Amphibians along the Coastal Area of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Ecologica Montenegrina 68, pp. 66-87 : 79

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2023.68.7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9618879F-FF85-4118-CBF8-8AFCFD9AFE77
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Varanidae
status

Treatment

Family Varanidae View in CoL View at ENA

Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) Fig. 8B View Figure 8

Observed: Bar Al Qatif , 17.4.2022 . Al Sarar , 27.8.2023 . Al Hassa National Park , 3.9.2023 . Hejrat Al Oseferat , 3.9.2023 . Qatar highway farms, 4.9.2023 .

Remarks: The Desert monitor is a common species inhabiting open deserts of the Arabian Peninsula ( Arnold, 1986). It was reported from Abqaiq ( Haas, 1957), Al Jubail ( Martens, 1996) and from four localities in Al Hassa ( Al-Sadoon, 2010).