ID of a few reptiles of Israel

[Sebastian Holzki]

Hi everybody!

I´m not so confirm with the reptiles of Israel.
Did I determinate them correct?

Acanthodactylus schreiberi syriacus
Negev Desert near Mitspe Ramon

Mesalina olivieri schmidtii
near the Dead Sea

Typhlops vermicularis? Looked for me very long and thin for a vermicularis.
Golan Heights

Acanthodactylus schreiberi syriacus
Dunes at the river Nahal Alexander

Acanthodactylus scutellatus
Dunes at Nizanim

Acanthodactylus schreiberi syriacus
Dunes at Nizanim

Acanthodactylus schreiberi syriacus
Desert near Eilat

Thank you very much.

Basti

[Mario Schweiger]

Typhlops is ok.
Your schreiberi (at least the 1st two and the last one) seem to be boskianus (scales become larger from neck to tail region).
Scutellatus and Mesalina might be ok.

Mario

[Sebastian Holzki]

Hello Mario,

thank you very much for your help!

Basti

[Jürgen Gebhart]

I`m just back from my South Tyrol/Tuscany Trip and what must I see???
Somebody was in my playground!

Acanthodactylus schreiberi occur only on the costal area
the frist both are boskianus/ophedurus
Mesalina is correct
Typhlops is correct
A. schreiberi is correct
Your scutellatus Looks like a aegyptius to me
The A. from the Dunes and Eilat are boskianus/ophedurus

[Sebastian Holzki]

Hi Jürgen, yeah I had my fun there
Thanks for your help. The Acanthodactylus sp. are looking so similar, it´s really difficult to distuingish them.

[Jürgen Gebhart]

I have also sometimes my problems with them.

Also the Status of A. schreiberi is not clear, maybe it is a color variation of boskianus.

[Sebastian Holzki]

Ah, okay...good to know

[GertJan Verspui]

Nice, cant wait to go again!!