A New Locality Record of Trachylepis vittata (Olivier, 1804) (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Yusuf Kumlutaş, Kamil Candan, Çetin Ilgaz

Abstract


A new locality records for Trachylepis vittata from Gümüşhane in northern Anatolia based on our fieldwork in 2013 and 2014 is presented. Bizgili Village is a northernmost record of Trachylepis vittata in Turkey. The morphological characters of specimens are presented.

Keywords


Trachylepis vittata; new locality; morphology; Turkey

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2015-22-4-310-314

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