Adana İlinin Herpetofaunası

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 1 - 11, 29.12.2017

Burhan Sarıkaya Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız , Göksal Sezen

https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.391784

Cited By: 11

Abstract

Bu çalışma ile Adana ilinde dağılış gösteren
kurbağa ve sürüngen türlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. 2013 yılında; Eylül
ve Kasım aylarında, 2014 yılında ise Şubat, Mart, Nisan, Mayıs ve Haziran
aylarında yapılan arazi çalışmaları sonucunda Adana ilinde 3 familyaya ait 4
anur türü, bir familyaya ait 2 semender türü, 5 familyaya ait 6 kaplumbağa
türü, 6 familyaya ait 16 kertenkele türü, bir kör kertenkele ve 4 familyaya ait
19 yılan türü olmak üzere toplam 48 farklı kurbağa ve sürüngen türü tespit
edilmiştir. Literatür kayıtlarında tespit edilen Neurergus strauchii, Pelobates syriacus, Anatololacerta pelasgiana,
Darevskia valentini, Eirenis decemlineatus, E. eiselti, E. lineomaculatus,
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus türleri ise arazi çalışmalarında bulunamamıştır.
Arazi çalışmaları ve literatür kayıtları ile Adana ilinde 21 familyaya ait 56
kurbağa ve sürüngen türünün Adana’da dağılış gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca
türlere ait korotip bilgileri ve Adana’da dağılış gösterdiği lokaliteler
detaylı olarak verilmiştir.

Keywords

Anadolu, biyoçeşitlilik, kurbağa, sürüngen

The Herpetofauna of Adana Province (Turkey)

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to determine the amphibians and reptiles species of Adana province. This study was conducted in September and October 2013 and February, March, May, April, and June 2014. As a results of the study, 4 anuran species belonging to three families, 2 urodelian species belonging to one family, 6 tortoise species belonging to five families, 16 lizards species belonging to 6 families, one worm lizard, 19 snakes species belonging to 4 families, with a total of 48 different species of amphibians and reptiles, showing distribution in Adana, were identified. However, the species of Neurergus strauchii, Pelobates syriacus, Anatololacerta pelasgiana, Darevskia valentini, Eirenis decemlineatus, E. eiselti, E. lineomaculatus, Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus, which were recorded in the literature previously, could not be found. With the field survey and literature records, 56 amphibian and reptile species belonging to 21 families were determined in Adana province. In addition, chorotype information of the species and distribution localities in Adana were given in detail.

Keywords

Anatolia, biodiversity, amphibia, reptilia

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