Founder’s Profile

Dr. Salem M. Busais

Zoologist (Herpetologist), Molecular Taxonomy Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany s.busais@gmail.com http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salem_Busais/

Position

Dean of the Faculty of Education, Aden University, Yemen Associate Professor, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen

Professional Experience:

Chair-holder of Research Chair for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation in Yemen (March. 2023 –now) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Education, University of Aden (Sept. 2022 –April 2023) Director of the Unit for Quality Assurance, Faculty of Education, Aden University (2021-now) Consultant at the Yemeni National Commission for UNESCO (YNCESC), Yemen (2020-2022) Director of the Administration of the Protected Areas, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)-Republic of Yemen (2020-2022) Head of Science & Mathematics Teacher Education Department, Aden University (2019-2022) Head of Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2014-2016) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2019- 2020) Director of the Quality Assurance Committee, Biology Department, Jazan University, KSA (2017-2019) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Jazan University, KSA (2016-2019) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Hail University, KSA (2011-2014) Lecturer, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2004-2007) Lecturer, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Sanaá University, Yemen (2001-2004)

Expertise Interests

• Conducting taxonomic & biodiversity studies on vertebrates in general & reptiles in particular in the Arabian Peninsula & the Middle-East using modern molecular techniques. • Preparing ecological studies & research on animals • Preparing & assisting in studies related to protected areas • Survey and monitoring of the status of biodiversity • Organizing Scientific exhibitions Academic Interests • Biodiversity • Ecology • Herpetology • Zoology • Experimental Design and Biostatistics

Education and Career

Doctoral thesis: "Taxonomic & Molecular Phylogeny on Hemidactylus in the Mainland of Yemen”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Joger, Professor of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, Director of the State Natural History Museum, Braunschweig, Germany. Technical University of Braunschweig http://www.tu-bs.de/ The Natural History Museum of Braunschweig, Germany http://www.naturhistorisches-museum.de/ View excavations executed by the museum administration here Masters thesis: "Taxonomic and Zoogeographical studies on the Snakes of Yemen". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Masaa Al-Jumaily, Professor of Animal Ecology, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Sana'a University, Yemen. http://www.yemen-nic.info/contents/studies/detail.php?ID=5502

Research and Publications

• Busais, Salem, Alrahowi, Hasan Mohammed & Abo-Alib, Wafa Ahmed (2022). New Distributional Records of Some Lizards from Abyan Governorate, Yemen. Samarra J. Pure Appl. Sci., 4 (2): 23 – 32. • Al-Hindi, Abdullah N., Al-Hawshabi, Othman S., Bawazer, Gamal M., Busais, Salem M., Baeshen, Omar A., Al Khasha, Mohammed S., Bin Othman, Abdul Qader, Awlaki, Wathiq, Hassan, Ismail, Metwally, Faris (2022). A new Record of the Cochineal Insect (Dactylopius opuntiae) on the Prickly Pear (Opuntia dellenii) in Yemen- Tor Al Baha- Lahj. Electronic Journal of University of Aden for Basic and Applied Sciences. 3 (2): 66-74. • Els, J., Abdulaziz R. Alqahtani, Uwe Fritz, Mohammed Shobrak, Salem M. Busais, and Bernat Burriel-Carranza (2022). Pelomedusa barbata Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky, and Fritz 2014 - Arabian Marsh Turtle, Arabian Mud Turtle. Chelonian Research Monograph. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. DOI: 10.3854/crm.5.118.barbata.v1.2022 • Alshammari, A., A Badry, S Busais, A Ibrahim, E El-Abd (2021). Molecular phylogeny of Lytorhynchus diadema (Reptilia, Colubridae) populations in Saudi Arabia. Herpetozoa, 34(2): 271-276. • Jiří Šmíd, Roberto Sindaco, Mohammed Shobrak, Salem Busais, Karin Tamar, Tatiana Aghová, Marc Simo-Riudalbas, Pedro Tarroso, Philippe Geniez, Pierre-André Crochet, Johannes Els, Bernat Burriel- Carranza, Hector Tejero, Salvador Carranza (2021). Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates. J Biogeogr ;48:1183–1199. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14070 • Jiří Šmíd, Marek Uvizl, Mohammed Shobrak, AbdulKarim Alanazi, Ali Al Faqih, Saad Alsubaie, Raed Al Gethami, Abdelaziz Al Gethami, Salem Busais, Salvador Carranza (2021): Swimming through the sands of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Phylogeny of sandfish skinks (Scincidae, Scincus) reveals a recent and rapid diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155: 107012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107012 • Al-Shammari, A. M. & Busais, S., (2020). Distribution of Snakes in Ha’il Province, Saudi Arabia, with an Identification Key to the Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 27 (1), 5–10. • Tamar, K., Chirio, L., Shobrak, M., Busais, S., Caranza, Caranza, S. (2019) Using multilocus approach to uncover cryptic diversity within Pseudotrapelus lizards from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Biological Sciences.26: 1442–1449. • Busais, S. A. (2019). Vipers & Serpents in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. 108 pp. (In Arabic) • Busais, Salem (2017). Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Hemidactylus in Yemen, Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Gekkonidae. Südwestdeutscher Verlagfür Hochschulschriften. • Busais, Salem. M. Vipers and Serpents in Aden, Yemen (under publication). • Ahmed M. Al-Shammari & Salem M. Busais. Vipers and Serpents in Hail Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (under publication). • Al-Shammari, A. M. & Busais, S., Ibrahim, A. A. (2017). Snakes in the Province of Ha’il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including two new records. Herpetozoa 06/2017; 30 (1/2). • Ibrahim, A. A., Busais, S. (2016). Ecological Study of the Fan-Toed Gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia.DOI:10.12816/0027815 • Busais, Salem (2014). Descriptive study with Identification Keys to the Species of Snakes of Aden. The Journal of Aden University for Applied & Natural Sciences, vol. 9. (3): 515-524. • Jirí Smíd, Jirí Moravec, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Václav Gvoždík, Abdul Karim Nasher, Salem M Busais, Thomas Wilms, Mohammed Y Shobrak, Salvador Carranza (2013). Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt. ZooKeys, 355: 79-107. • Desouky, Mahmoud M. and Busais, Salem (2012). Phylogenetic relationships of the land snail; Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774) from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. A combined morphological and molecular analysis. The Journal of Basic & Applied Zoology, 65, pp. 144-151. • Busais, Salem M. and Joger, Ulrich (2011). Three new species and one new subspecies of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from Yemen (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology, Germany, 61 (2): 267- 280. • Busais, S. & Joger, U. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of Hemidactylus in the Mainland of Yemen (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Journal of Zoology in the Middle-east 53: 25-34. Germany. • Busais, S. & Al-Jumaily, M. A (2005). Contribution to the Reptiles of Yemen: Distribution Study of Dangerous Snakes in Yemen. The Journal of Aden University for Applied & Natural Sciences, vol. 9. (3): 515-524.

Taxa nova Arabia

1. Hemidactylus farasani sp. n. 2. Hemidactylus almakhwah sp. n. 3. Hemidactylus ulii SMÍD, MORAVEC, KRATOCHVÍL, GVOŽDÍK, NASHER, BUSAIS, WILMS, SHOBRAK, CARRANZA, 2013 4. Hemidactylus jumailiae BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 5. Hemidactylus saba BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 6. Hemidactylus shihraensis BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 7. Hemidactylus montanus BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011

Contributions to Conferences and Symposia

• "The 32nd meeting of Saudi Biological Society on "Human and Environmental Development in Vision 2030" (18-20 April, 2017), Organized by Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. The following scientific paper was presented: Descriptive study on snakes of Aden, Yemen. • "The 29th meeting of Saudi Biological Society on "Environment & Development in the Gulf Region" (25-27 February 2014), Organized by University of Dammam. The following scientific paper was presented: New record of Jan's Cliff Snake "Platyceps rhodorachus" from Hail province-Saudi Arabia with a revised check list of snakes in the region. • Eco-Tourism and Sustainable Development (2013) - The 28th Meeting of the Saudi Biological Society, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. • Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in the Arabian Peninsula (2012) - The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. • The 3rd Symposium on Environmental Pollutants: Analysis & Control (2011) - Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia. The following scientific paper was presented: The Biological Impact of Synthesized Transgenic Plants. • Symposium on Herpetological Paleontology-PalHerp (2010). State Natural History Museum of Braunschweig, Germany. • The 4th Saudi Science Conference (2010) - Taibah University, Al- Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia. The following scientific paper was presented: Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Hemidactylus in Yemen. • Phylogenetic Symposium (2009). State Natural History Museum of Braunschweig, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. • Fourth Scientific Symposium (2007). Organized by Yemeni Biological Society, Sana’a, Yemen. • International Workshop on Synoptic Biogeography of Socotra Archipelago, Yemen (2007). Sana¡¦a University, Sana’a. • A Workshop on Endangered Species of Animals & Plants in the Yemeni Environment (2006). Public Authority for Environmental Protection, Sana'a, Yemen. • A Workshop on Genetically Modified Food Crops- Advantages & disadvantages (2006). Aden University, Aden. • The 12th International Conference for Arab Biologists (2005). Organized by Al-Hudaidah University, Yemen. The following scientific paper was presented: Methods of Benefiting from Non-poisonous Snakes for Biological Control in Yemen. • Third Scientific Symposium (2005). Organized by Yemeni Biological Society, Seiyon, Yemen. The following scientific paper was presented: A Contribution to the Reptiles of Yemen: Distribution Study of Dangerous Snakes in Yemen. • A Workshop on the Introduction of Ramsar Convention on Wetlands & the Immigrating Groups (2005). Public Authority for Environmental Protection, Aden. • Science conference (2004). Organized by Yemeni Scientific Research foundation, Sanaa, Yemen. • A Media Workshop on Biosafety & an Introduction to Cartagena Protocol (2004). Public Authority for Environmental Protection, Sana'a Yemen. • Science conference (2003). Organized by Yemeni Scientific Research foundation, Seiyon. The following scientific paper was presented: (2003). The Status of Colubrid Snakes in Yemen. • Science conference (2002). Organized by Yemeni Scientific Research foundation, Taiz, Yemen. The following scientific paper was presented: Poisonous Snakes of Yemen. • Science conference (2001). Organized by Yemeni Scientific Research foundation, Sanaa, Yemen. Membership in Associations & Scientific Journals: • A member in the Yemeni Biological Association • A memeber in the Saudi Biological Association • A member in the Biodiversity Center for Ecological Studies in Aden University • A member in the American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals (AAYSP) • A member in the University of Aden Journal for Natural and Applied Sciences • A member in the Journal of Yemeni biological Association