Psammophis schokari ( Forskal , 1775)

Jablonski, Daniel, Regan, John M., Holzheuser, Chace, Farooqi, Javeed, Basit, Abdul & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2019, Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 32, pp. 177-193 : 177

Psammophis schokari ( Forskal, 1775)

Distribution in Afghanistan.

This snake has a scattered distribution in Afghanistan and situated mainly in the southern and south-eastern regions (Farah, Helmand, Kandahar, Laghman, Nimroz, Wardak; Wagner et al. 2016).

Our records

( Fig. 8 ). Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul (3 May 2011), one adult individual observed in the bushy semi-desert habitat of the camp.

Remarks.

Our record is the first for Kabul province. The observation is correctly mentioned in Regan (2017; pp. 44-45, photos of the specimen are from Saudi Arabia but low quality photos are available also from Kabul, see Suppl. material 1).

Figures

Figure 8. Updated herpetofaunistic records from Afghanistan (white dots: Wagner et al. 2016; red dots: data of this study). Hemorrhois ravergieri: 1 - Jurm, Badakhshan; 2 - Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul. Spalerosophis diadema: 1 - Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul; 2 - Spin Boldak, Kandahar. Psammophis schokari: Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul.