Trachylepis tessellata (Anderson, 1895) Fig. 6 H Material examined. IRC 005–006, Tarout Island – Al Halal Farm, 31 August 2024. Remarks. This species was first recorded from Saudi Arabia by Aloufi et al. (2023) around the Dahran area. The Tessellated Skink is known to occur in Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (Carranza et al. 2021). It prefers humid areas among the farmlands in the Eastern Province. This species was reported from Masirah Island, Oman (Carranza et al. 2021).

Published as part of Aloufi, Abdulhadi, Al Zayer, Mohammed, Abu Baker, Mohammad A. & Amr, Zuhair S., 2025, Reptiles and amphibians of the Saudi islands in the Arabian Gulf, pp. 379-391 in Herpetozoa 38 on pages 379-391, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e172180