Survey of lizard fauna of Salehabad of Torbat-e-Jam, Razavi Khorasan province

This study was done in Salehabad of Torbat-e-Jam in 30° 22´to 30° 07´ of latitude and 60° 40´ to 61° 17´ of longitude. The objective of this project was collecting and identifying the lizards of this region from eight different stations which was done during May until September of 2005, with considerable walking during day and night. 160 specimens include 11 species belonging to 8 genera and 6 families were collected. The 11identified species of region are as fallowing: Three species (Laudakia caucasia, Laudakia erythrogastra, Trapelus agilis) from Agamidae; four species (Eremias persica, Eremias velox, Eremias lineolata, Mesalina watsonana) belonging to Lacertidae; Varanus griseus from Varanidae; Eumeces schneiderii from Scincidae; Pseudopus apodus from Anguidae and Cyrtopodion caspium from Gekkonidae.