<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/597/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--31-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Distribution and Current Status of the Reptiles of Khirthar Protected Area Complex (KPAC) and Adjoining Areas in Districts Karachi, Jamshoro and Thatta, Sindh,&amp;nbsp;Pakistan</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff004'><sup>4</sup><instname></instname>,<instaddress>Environmental Management Consultants (EMC)</instaddress>, <instcity>Karachi</instcity>, <instcountry>Pakistan</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2015-04-30</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.10.1.13</doi><volume>Volume 10</volume><issue>Volume 10</issue><page>109-114</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>In this study, surveys were undertaken during 2008 &amp;ndash; 2013, to record the distribution and status of reptiles of the area, during the study 41 species of reptiles were recorded. Twenty two important habitats for reptiles in the area were identified and listed. Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard (&lt;em&gt;Saara hardwickii&lt;/em&gt;) was found to be under threat in its localized habitat in Jhimpir Wind Corridor block in Thatta district and Indian Fat&amp;ndash;tail Gecko (&lt;em&gt;Eublepharis macularius&lt;/em&gt;) was noted to have been almost disappeared from most of the area due to large scale capture of the species for sale in the local markets.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Reptilian fauna</kwd><kwd> Protected Areas</kwd><kwd> key Sites</kwd><kwd> Potential threats</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>