The amphibians and reptiles collected from different habitat types in District Kasur,Punjab,Pakistan

The current study extended from january,2014 to december,2014 was conducted in all the four tehsils of district kasur. a total of 60 amphibian specimens representing 3 species,3 genera and 2 families while 71 reptilian specimens representing 15 species,14 genera and 10 families were captured from the study area. amphibian species captured from cultivated 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 only reptilian species captured from uncultivated land. human habitations provided habitat to a single amphibian 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 amphibian species bufo stomaticus,hoplobatrachus tigerinus and euphlyctis cyanophlyctis and four reptilian species were captured from water catchment areas viz. lissemy spuntata andersoni,varanus bengalensis,xenochrophis piscator and kachuga smithii. copyright 2016 zoological society of pakistan.