Sarbaz Ibrahim Mohammed

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at Salahaddin University-Erbil

The Rat Snake, Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873), was found at the foot of Hawraman Mountain and at Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, which represents the first country record. The Racer subspecies Platyceps rhodorachis ladacensis (Anderson, 1871) was recorded for the first time in Iraq and the Montpellier Snake, Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy, 1827), was...

Seven species of gekkonid lizards were found in caves in northern Iraq (Kurdistan province), including a new species, Asaccus saffinae sp. n. An identification key for Asaccus species in Iraq is also presented. Ptyodactylus puiseuxi has been found in Iraq for the first time.

This study investigation represents the first on parasites of the lizard, Laudakia nupta nupta not in Iraq but all over the world. An intestinal nematode, Abbreviata baltazardi has been recovered from the lizard, L. nupta nupta caught from Rawandos mountains in Kurdistan region, Iraq. The main characteristics of this nematode are: mouth with large...

The Kurdistan Natural History Museum (KNHM) at Salahaddin University is a recognized Iraqi university-based museum. It serves as an important resource for undergraduate and graduate education, with the aim of collecting and studying the biodiversity in Iraq especially of vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) since 2003. A t...

The genus Microgecko Nikolskii, 1907 (Gekkonidae) currently includes eight species distributed from western Iran to northwestern India and Pakistan. During field research in Iraq, we found a population of the genus near to the Darbandikhan Lake in the northeastern part of the country. Because members of the genus are characterized by a higher level...

Seven species of semi venomous Opisthoglypha snakes (Reptilia, Ophidia) of Iraq are listed with important characteristics in morphology due to geographical and individual variation of species, as well, the confusion in the scales count of Telescopus tessellatus martini (Schmidt, 1939) of Iraq are discussed.

The present study was carried out to demonstrate the baseline values for some serum biochemical parameters for 64 adult freshwater fish including seven species belong to family Cyprinidae, have been collected in Dukan Lake, Kurdistan region-Iraq. Fishes were weighed, measured, and collect blood for blood chemistry. Serum biochemical analyses were d...

Abstract Ancient human at Bazian and Qusair sites exploited geodiversity and other natural resources for his daily uses such as food, water, building materials and protection himself from nature danger and other enemies. Bazian site is located about 20 km west Sulaimaniya city, northeastern Iraq and Qusair site is located south west Karbala city, n...

The present study is a review of the 1976 publication by professor A. D. NIAZI, director of the Natural History Museum of the University of Baghdad, on the Lacertini of Iraq, including additional materials from Iraqi collections. Twenty-two individuals of five taxa of this group originating from the territory under study were identified in Iraqi co...