New locality record of Podarcis tauricus tauricus (Pallas, 1814) (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the western Black Sea region of Turkey

Authors

UFUK BÜLBÜL
MUAMMER KURNAZ
ALİ İHSAN EROĞLU
HALİME KOÇ
BİLAL KUTRUP

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1411-25

Abstract

The lacertid lizard Podarcis tauricus tauricus is recorded from Yörükköy, Düzce Province, in the western Black Sea region. With the record of the present study, the known distribution area of the subspecies has been extended about 90 km eastward. The pholidolial and morphometric characters and color-pattern features of the specimens were compared with specimens from a known Turkish locality with regard to the literature. We observed that the specimens of the Yörükköy population were similar to P. T. Tauricus specimens reported in the literature.

Keywords

Balkan wall lizard, distribution range, Düzce, Turkey

First Page

981

Last Page

986

Recommended Citation

BÜLBÜL, UFUK; KURNAZ, MUAMMER; EROĞLU, ALİ İHSAN; KOÇ, HALİME; and KUTRUP, BİLAL (2015) "New locality record of Podarcis tauricus tauricus (Pallas, 1814) (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the western Black Sea region of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 39: No. 5, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1411-25
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss5/31