New Localities Extend the Range of Rana bedriagae caralitana Arıkan, 1988 (Anura: Ranidae) Further West and Suggest Specific Status

Authors

TAREK JDEIDI
C. CAN BİLGİN
MERAL KENCE

DOI

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Abstract

Multivariate morphometric analyses revealed that the range of Rana bedriagae caralitana extends further west to include Çardak in Denizli (western Turkey). The presence of the forms caralitana and nominate bedriagae syntopically may indicate species status for the former.

Keywords

Ranidae, Rana ridibunda, Rana bedriagae caralitana, morphometry, systematics, distribution range, Turkey.

First Page

153

Last Page

158

Recommended Citation

JDEIDI, TAREK; BİLGİN, C. CAN; and KENCE, MERAL (2001) "New Localities Extend the Range of Rana bedriagae caralitana Arıkan, 1988 (Anura: Ranidae) Further West and Suggest Specific Status," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 25: No. 2, Article 12. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol25/iss2/12