Morphological, Hemipenial and Venom Electrophoresis Comparisons of the Levantine Viper, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758), from Cyprus and Southern Anatolia

Authors

BAYRAM GÖÇMEN
HÜSEYİN ARIKAN
AHMET MERMER
BERT LANGERWERF
HASAN BAHAR

DOI

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Abstract

Levantine vipers, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus), from Cyprus and southern Anatolia were investigated comparatively regarding morphology, hemipenes and electrophoresis patterns of venom proteins. There were discernible differences between these compared features of the 2 populations. In the light of these differences, it is concluded that the southern Anatolian population should not be identified as the nominate subspecies M. l. lebetina (Linnaeus), which lives in Cyprus. The study material from northeastern Anatolia did not allow us to make a good comparison between M. lebetina from southern and NE Anatolia.

Keywords

Macrovipera lebetina, hemipenes, venom electrophoresis, Cyprus, southern Anatolia

First Page

225

Last Page

234

Recommended Citation

GÖÇMEN, BAYRAM; ARIKAN, HÜSEYİN; MERMER, AHMET; LANGERWERF, BERT; and BAHAR, HASAN (2006) "Morphological, Hemipenial and Venom Electrophoresis Comparisons of the Levantine Viper, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758), from Cyprus and Southern Anatolia," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 30: No. 2, Article 15. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol30/iss2/15