A new record of Schneider’s Skink,Eumeces schneideriDaudin, 1802 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Cyprus
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2002
Yazarlar: Bayram Göçmen, Asaf Şenol, Ahmet MERMER
Zoology in the Middle East, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2002, cilt 25, ss 19-22
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2002.10637900
Özet
This is the first report of the presence of Eumeces schneideri in northern Cyprus and is the second record from Cyprus. One specimen was collected and is described. The Cypriot population of Eumeces schneideri looks quite homogenous: it has a dorsal pattern with weakly developed orange dots or without orange dots in adult specimens, as in the new specimen. The darkened flanks, the two dorsolateral light bands and the presence of a few scattered small orange spots on the hind legs lead us to conclude that the Cypriot population is not identifiable with the known subspecies from the Levant countries. We thus accept that the subspecific status of our specimen is Eumeces schneideri ssp.