Pseudocerastes persicus | UAE National Red List of Herpetofauna: Amphibians & Terrestrial Reptiles, Sea Snakes & Marine Turtles
Taxa
Pseudocerastes persicus | (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
The species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution and no known widespread threats that may cause a decline in the population to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The species was previously listed in 2012 as Vulnerable for the Arabian Peninsula (Cox et al. 2012) due to its restricted range, however, since then, more data have been obtained on the species distribution which expanded its known range within the Hajar Mountains of the United Arab Emirates. This taxon is not a non-breeding visitor, and it is presumed that any immigration from populations outside the UAE is not significant, and therefore there is no adjustment to the Category according to the IUCN regional and national Guidelines (IUCN 2012).
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Because of its habit of congregating in smaller areas of suitable habitat in the winter, it is relatively easy to extirpate local populations or to collect for trade. In the United Arab Emirates, it may be threatened by increasing levels of quarrying in some parts of its range.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Pseudocerastes persicus | Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Viperidae | Pseudocerastes |