Taxsonomical States of Lacerta viridis (LACERTIDAE) Populations from Turkey

Authors

İ. ETHEM ÇEVİK
YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

DOI

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Abstract

In this research, , A total of 64 MM and 37 VV adult specimens from Turkish Thrace and 158 MM and 188 VV adult specimens from Anatolia were investigated comparatively as two separate populations groups to determine the subspecific status of the species in Turkey. No significant differences are discernible between the two population groups from the viewpoints of pholidosis, morphometrical measurements and rations and pattern and coloration characteıistics. So the Turkish L. viridis populations belong to a single subspecies L. v. meridionalis.

Keywords

Turkey, Lacertilia, Taxonomy

First Page

37

Last Page

46

Recommended Citation

ÇEVİK, İ. ETHEM and KUMLUTAŞ, YUSUF (1999) "Taxsonomical States of Lacerta viridis (LACERTIDAE) Populations from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 23: No. 5, Article 5. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol23/iss5/5