Population:

Ophisops elegans

    Jebel Al Lawz Population  ROOBAS et al. 2025

Types:

GenBank accession number: PQ870403

Terra Typica:

Jebel Al Lawz range, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia.

Taxonomic notes:

The sample originating from Jebel Al Lawz represents a unique haplotype, differing from the others by 4.5–10.1% (mean 5.6%). This sample hows a slightly higher similarity, in terms of the number of substitutions, to the samples from Iran than to the geographically closer ones from southern Jordan.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Roobas, B. & Pola, L. & Brown, G. & Olson, D. (2025) -  First confirmed records of the Snake-eyed Lizard, Ophisops elegans (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Saudi Arabia. -  Zoology in the Middle East, 71 (1): 1-5.   

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