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    A new locality of an invasive Gecko, Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden,1827) in Algeria (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
    (جامعة الوادي - University of Eloued, 2021-06-30) Salah Eddine, Sadine; Choyaib, Bounaba; Mayssara, El Bouhissi
    The Rough Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden,1827) was recently recorded in Algeria, from the east part of countries. In this note, another new locality of this species in the central Algeria (Ghardaïa region), situated at 450 km west form the last locality, based on one specimen fond in Bord of Sebkhet. C. scabrum is listed as an invasive species and it was reported as a desert species, in our finding it was recorded in an important wetland (Sebkhet El Melah) which is classified in the Ramsar list in 2004, this statement proves once again the ecological plasticity of this species.
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    A new locality reported in winter for the Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769) in Algeria (Aves: Prunellidae)
    (Université of Eloued-جامعة الوادي, 2023-06-30) Mayssara, El Bouhissi; Abdelwahab, Chedad; Habib Allah, Benhamou
    Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769), is one of Algeria’s rare birds. During the monitoring campaign, which was run between 2020 and 2023 using direct observation, a pair of Alpine Accentor was spotted in the Tessala mountains (North of Sidi Bel Abbes, western Algeria) on November 12, 2022. This newly documented locality is important because it likely expands the currently known range of this rare species in Algeria .
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    Trapelus boehmei (Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz, 2011) (Squamata: Agamidae): New locality record in the South-west of Algeria at Tindouf
    (جامعة الوادي - University of Eloued, 2022-12-30) Mayssara, El Bouhissi; Fayçal, Seddiki; Abdelwahab, CHEDAD
    Trapelus boehmei (Squamata: Agamidae) is distributed on the High Plateau of North Algeria, from M’sila to Naâma and Tlemcen-south. An uncertain presence noted from El Tarf to Batna and Tebessa in Northeast of Algeria. In this note, a new locality of this species at Tindouf region of Southwest of Algeria.