The Study of Lizards Fauna in Esas Protected Area in Mazandaran Province

Esas Protected Area with an area of 2997 hectares in the south of Savadkouh City along the easthern side of the Ghaemshahr-Tehran road is located in Mazandaran Province of Iran. Since, exact information about reptiles of this area wasn't available, this study was performed to identify the lizards fauna of this region from early April to late November 2013. During this research, 49 specimens were collected from different parts of this region and a total of 7 species of 7 genera and 5 families were identified. These include: Paralaudakia caucasia belonging to Agamidae Family, Anguis colchica orientalis and Pseudopus apodus apodus belonging to Anguidae Family, Tenuidactylus caspius caspius belonging to Gekkonidae Family, Darevskia caspica and Lacerta strigata belonging to Lacertidae Family, Ablepharus pannonicus belonging to Sincidae Family. The highest number of Sauria suborder belongs to the species Darevskia caspica with 12 samples and 27% frequency, and the lowest belongs to the Tenuidactylus caspius caspius with 4 sample and 9% frequency.