new distributional data on vipera (berus) barani from western and northeastern anatolia
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2015
Yazarlar: Bayram Göçmen, Konrad Mebert, Mert Karış
Herpetology notes, Uluslararası, 2015, cilt 8, ss 609-615
Özet
Ever again, it is surprising how time changes the perception of vertebrate species even in relatively well structured and widely inhabited country and regions. The recognition, rediscovery, description and finally the accumulation of new records to realize the wide distribution of the endemic Baran's Viper or Baran's Adder, Vipera barani (Bohme & Joger 1984), in Turkey is such a case. Morphological and genetic methods showed its close proximity to V. berus nikolskii and together with V. berus bosniensis and the alpine clade of V. berus they form the group of southern relicts of V. berus (Joger et al., 2007). Herein, we demonstrate the quick history and the current knowledge of the countrywide distribution of Baran's Adder, supplemented by several new records.