Zuair Sami Amr

Zuair Sami Amr, Jordanian herpetologist, also known as Zuhair Sami AMR.

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Jordan University for Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
E-mail: amrzjust.edu.jo

Taxon names authored

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Lourenço W.R., Modrý, D. & Amr, Z.S. 2002. Description of a new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the south of Jordan. Revue suisse de zoologie 109(3): 635–642. BHL. Reference page.

Moravec, J., Kratochvíl, L., Amr, Z.S., Jandzík, D., Šmíd, J. & Gvoždík, V. 2011. High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 2894(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2894.1.2 Reference page.

Amr, Z.S. 2015. Scorpionism and dangerous species of Jordan. Pp. 181–200 in: Possani, L. D., Schwartz, E. F. & Rodríguez de la Vega, R. C. (eds.). Toxinology: Scorpion Venoms Reference page.

Amr, Z.S., Abu Baker, M.A., Qumsiyeh, M. & Eid, E. 2018. Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan. Zootaxa 4397(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1 Reference page.

Lourenço, W.R., Afifeh, B.A., Al-Saraireh, M., Baker, M.A. & Amr, Z. 2021. New insights into the taxonomy of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in Jordan and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East 67(2): 1-9.DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2021.1908507 Reference page.

Abu Afifeh, B., Al-Saraireh, M., Abu Baker, M., Amr, Z. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. The genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 in Jordan: description of a new species and comments on possible micro-endemic populations (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 31(1): 51–62. Reference page.

Abu Afifeh, B., Aloufi, A., Al-Saraireh, M., Badry, A., Al-Qahtni, A.H. & Amr, Z.S. 2023. A new remarkable species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 69: 91-106. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.69.9. . Reference page.
Al-Saraireh, M., Yağmur, E.A., Abu Afifeh, B. & Amr, Z.S. 2023. A new species of Scorpio from Jordan (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 369: 1-17. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Abu Afifeh, B., Yağmur, E.A., Al-Saraireh, M. & Amr, Z.S. 2024. Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 391: 1-66. Full article (PDF). Reference page.