Distribution and taxonomic studies on freshwaternfish (teleostei) and amphibia spacies that living freshwater of Diyarbakir and Malatya province

Diyarbakir and Malatya are found in the Euphrates and Dicle basins. Fish and amphibian studies in these provinces are rather limited. For this purpose, fish and amphibian specimens were collected from region between September 2016 and May 2018 in order to reveal the fish and amphibian fauna of Diyarbakir and Malatya. In the study, 33 fish species belonging to 8 families and 4 amphibian species belonging to 4 families and 30 species belonging to 7 families and 4 amphibian species belonging to 4 families were found in the province of Diyarbakır. In this study both Diyarbakır and Malatya have not been registered as new species, but they have been able to sample from many localities for the first time. Luciobarbus subquincunciatus, Aspius vorax, Schistura chrysicristinae and Cobitis kellei were not reported in Dicle River that reported in previous studies. It is thought that the aquatic environments are dry or extremely polluted during the summer months due to the dams built on the rivers and associated limbs in recent years and intense agricultural activities in the region. Within the province of Diyarbakır and Malatya provinces, three frog species, Bufote svariabilis, Pelophylax ridibundus and Hyla savignyi, two semender species, Salamandra infraimmaculata and Neurergus strauchii were identified.