Salem M. Busais

Salem Mahfoudh Busais, Yemeni herpetologist.

Biology Department, Faculty of Education, University of Aden, Aden, Yemen (2004–2007, 2014–2016, 2019–present)
Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Jazan, Jazan, Saudi Arabia (2016–2019)
Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia (2011–2014)
Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen (2002–2004)

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& Al-Jumaily, M.A. (2005). Contribution to the Reptiles of Yemen: Distribution Study of Dangerous Snakes in Yemen. The Journal of Aden University for Applied & Natural Sciences, vol. 9. (3): 515-524

& Ulrich, U. 2011. Three new species and one new subspecies of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from Yemen (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 62(2): 267–280. DOI: 10.3897/vz.61.e31151 Reference page.

Desouky, M.M. & (2012). Phylogenetic relationships of the land snail; Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774) from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. A combined morphological and molecular analysis. The Journal of Basic & Applied Zoology, 65, pp. 144-151.

Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Kratochvíl, L., Gvoždík, V., Nasher, A.K., , Wilms, T.M., Shobrak, M.Y. & Carranza, S. 2013. Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt. ZooKeys 355: 79–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.355.6190 Reference page.

(2014). Descriptive study with Identification Keys to the Species of Snakes of Aden. The Journal of Aden University for Applied & Natural Sciences, vol. 9.

Ibrahim, A.A., (2016). Ecological Study of the Fan-Toed Gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Egypt J. Zool. 65: 1-18 DOI:10.12816/0027815

2017. Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Hemidactylus in Yemen, Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Gekkonidae. Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften
Al-Shammari, A.M. & , Ibrahim, A.A. (2017) Snakes in the Province of Ha’il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including two new records. Herpetozoa 06/2017; 30 (1/2).

Tamar, K., Chirio, L., Shobrak, M., & Carranza, S. (2019) Using multilocus approach to uncover cryptic diversity within Pseudotrapelus lizards from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Biological Sciences.26: 1442–1449.
(2019). Vipers & Serpents in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. 108 pp. (In Arabic)

Al-Shammari, A.M. & (2020). Distribution of Snakes in Ha’il Province, Saudi Arabia, with an Identification Key to the Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 27 (1), 5–10

Šmíd, J., Sindaco, R., Shobrak, M., , Tamar, K., Aghová, T., Simó-Riudalbas, M., Tarroso, P., Geniez, P., Crochet, P.-A., Els, J., Burriel-Carranza, B., Tejero, H. & Carranza, S. 2021. Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates. J Biogeogr ;48:1183–1199.DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14070
Šmíd, J., Uvizl, M., Shobrak, M., Alanazi, A., Al Faqih, A., Alsubaie, S., Raed Al Gethami, Al Gethami, A., , Carranza, S. 2021. Swimming through the sands of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Phylogeny of sandfish skinks (Scincidae, Scincus) reveals a recent and rapid diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155: 107012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107012

Burriel-Carranza, B., Mazuch, T., estarellas, M., Talavera, A., Riaño, G., Koppetsch, T., Tamar, K., Tejero-Cicuéndez, H., Al Saadi, S., , Kratochvíl, L., Shobrak, M., Šmíd, J. & Carranza, S. 2023. Pristurus guweirensis Haas, 1943 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae): the most abundant and widely distributed species of Pristurus previously referred to as Pristurus sp. 1. Zootaxa 5297(4): 594–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.9 Reference page.
Šmíd, J., Uvizl, M., Shobrak, M., , Ali Salim, A.F., AlGethami, R.H.M., AlGethami, A.R., Alanazi, A.S.A., Alsubaie, S.D., Rovatsos, M., Nováková, L., Mazuch, T. & Carranza, S. [2022] 2023. Diversification of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in coastal plains and islands of southwestern Arabia with descriptions and complete mitochondrial genomes of two endemic species to Saudi Arabia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23: 185–207. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00572-w Reference page.
Tamar, K., Uvizl, M., Shobrak, M., Almutairi, M., , Ali Salim, A.F., AlGethami, R.H.M., AlGethami, A.R., Alanazi, A.S.K., Alsubaie, S.D., Chirio, L., Carranza, S. & Šmíd, J. 2023. A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1033–1045. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e110626 Reference page.

Licata, F., Pola, L., Šmíd, J., Ibrahim, A.A., Liz, A.V., Santos, B., Patkó, L., Abdulkareem, A., Gonçalves, D.V., AlShammari, A.M., , Egan, D.M., Ramalho, R.M.O., Smithon, J. & Brito, J.C. 2024. The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 691–704. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.123441 Reference page.