Journal of Animal Diversity

Journal of Animal Diversity

New locality record extending the distribution of the Glossy-bellied racer snake Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834) in the Southeastern Anatolia

Authors
Mehmet Kürşat Şahin 1
Musa Geçit 2
Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız 3
1 Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Kamil Özdağ Science Faculty Department of Biology, Karaman, Turkey; The Hacettepe University Biodiversity Advanced Research Center, Ankara, Turkey
2 Nur Mahallesi Neighbourhood Unit, 47200 Artuklu, Mardin, Turkey
3 Adıyaman University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology Adıyaman, Turkey
10.52547/JAD.2020.2.4.5
Abstract
In this study, new data on the distribution of the Glossy-bellied racer, Platyceps ventromaculatus from the Anatolian Peninsula is presented by field surveys in September 2019. The color pattern, and morphological and pholidolial characteristics were assessed. As a result, the morphology-based results are similar to previous records but the given occurrence record from Kiziltepe, Mardin Province extends the known distribution area of the species in Southeastern Anatolia.
Keywords
Anatolia
Colubridae
distribution range
herpetofauna
snake
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Journal of Animal Diversity
Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Cover photo: The Eastern Green Lizard, Lacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952 from Malkara, Tekirdag Province, Turkey. Photo by Muammer Kurnaz, 30 May 2014.
Autumn 2020
Pages 55-58