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Abstract

The ongoing review reached out from January, 2023 to December, 2023 was directed in all the five tehsils of Dera Ismail Khan. A sum of 60 land and water proficient examples addressing 3 species, 3 genera and 2 families while 71 reptilian examples addressing 15 species, 14 genera and 10 families were caught from the review region. Land and water proficient species caught from developed land included Bufo stomaticus, Hoplobatrachu stigerinus and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, while reptiles included Varanus bengalensis, Amphiesma stolatum, Ptyas mucosus, Echis carinatus, Calotes versicolor, Bungarus caeruleus. Lycodon aulicus was the main reptilian species caught from crude land. Human homes gave natural surroundings to a solitary land and water proficient species Bufo stomaticus, while the reptiles included Bungarus caeruleus, Varanus bengalensis, Hemidactylus flaviviridis, Ablepharus grayanus, Lycodon aulicus, Typhlops ductuliformes, Eryx johnii, Lissemys puntata andersoni, Ablepharus grayanus, Eutropis macularia, Amphiesma stolatum, Lycodon aulicus, Eryx Johnii and Typhlops ductuliformes. Three land and water proficient species Bufo stomaticus, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis and four reptilian species were caught from water catchment regions viz. Lissemy spuntata andersoni, Varanus bengalensis, Xenochrophis piscator and Kachuga smithii.