Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP
Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP
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Storks captured by people for meat in Pol-e-Sayaad, Kapisa Province, Central <strong>Afghanistan</strong><br />
The.few.large.Afghan.wetl<strong>and</strong>s.(e.g..Ab-i-Istada,.<br />
Dasht-i-Nawar,. Hamun-i-Puzak,. Hamun-i-Saberi).<br />
are. critical. migration. stopover. points.. Water-<br />
dependent.species.may.be.seen.along.the.banks.<br />
<strong>of</strong>.the.rivers.<strong>and</strong>.in.the.flooded.floodplains..<br />
Using.a.consistent.set.<strong>of</strong>.criteria,.Evans.(1994).has.<br />
proposed.17.areas.in.<strong>Afghanistan</strong>.as.internationally.<br />
Important. Bird. Areas. (IBAs). (Table. 9).. Nine. <strong>of</strong>.<br />
these.areas.have.been.separately.proposed.as.<br />
protected.areas.(See.Section.16)..<br />
Other.areas.<strong>of</strong>.major.significance.to.Afghan.birds,.<br />
suggested.by.Khushal.Habibi.(pers..com..2006),.<br />
are. the. Konar. River. (35°00’00”N;. 70°24’45”E),.<br />
Hamun-i-Saberi. (31°. 31’. 24”N;. . 61°. 17’. 23”E),.<br />
Dagh-i-Tondi. (32º27’41”N;. 60º. 56’49”E),. Kol-i-<br />
Namaksar. . (34º04’11”N;. 60º. 39’56”E),. Gawdi-Zereh.<br />
(29º43’44”N;. 61º. 42’41”E),. <strong>and</strong>. Zor. Kol.<br />
(37º25’54”N;.73º.43’04”E.)..<br />
12.3 Reptiles<br />
The.authoritative.work.on.Afghan.reptiles.is.Leviton.<br />
<strong>and</strong>.Anderson.(1970),.who.compiled.<strong>and</strong>.cited.all.<br />
known.previous.records.<strong>of</strong>.Afghan.reptiles..They.note.<br />
(p..164).that.knowledge.<strong>of</strong>.the.Afghan.herpt<strong>of</strong>auna.<br />
is. very. incomplete. with. many. species. yet. to. be.<br />
discovered,.particularly.in.the.Hindu.Kush.<br />
Appendix.3.lists.the.92.reptile.species.currently.known.<br />
from.<strong>Afghanistan</strong>..A.further.20.species.are.considered.<br />
as.“Uncertain”..One.<strong>of</strong>.these.112.species.is.a.tortoise,.<br />
75. are. lizards. <strong>and</strong>. 36. are. snakes.. Appendix. 3. is.<br />
based.primarily.on.Leviton.<strong>and</strong>.Anderson’s.(1970).<br />
work.with.updated.taxonomy,.nomenclature.<strong>and</strong>.<br />
records.from.the.EMBL.Reptile.Database.(European.<br />
Molecular. Biology. Laboratory. 2006).. The. EMBL.<br />
Reptile.Database.provides.information.on.published.<br />
authorities.for.each.species..<br />
Only.one.Afghan.reptile.species,.the.Afghan.Tortoise.<br />
(Testudo horsefeldii),.is.on.the.IUCN.Red.List.as.being.<br />
globally.at.risk..Two.species.are.listed.by.CITES.as.<br />
30 An Output <strong>of</strong> the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment
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