A serological comparison of the populations of theLacerta laeviscomplex in northern Cyprus and southern Turkey
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: Murat Tosunoğlu, Bayram Göçmen, Ertan TAŞKAVAK, Abidin Budak
Zoology in the Middle East, International, Scopus, 1999, vol 19, pp 117-122
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1999.10637800
Summary
The present study compares the blood serum proteins of populations of the Lacerta laevis complex from northern Cyprus and southern Turkey (Adana) by polyacrylamide-disc electrophoresis. There are discernible differences between the electropherograms of blood serum proteins of the two populations. In the light of these differences, it would be appropriate to accept the northern Cyprus population as a distinct species, Lacerta troodica, as suggested previously by BUDAK & GÖÇMEN (1995).