New locality records of blunt-nosed viper, Macrovipera lebetina obtusa in central Anatolia, Turkey (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Year 2011, Volume: 32 Issue: 2, 22 - 29, 17.03.2012

Yüksel Coşkun , Mahmut Coşkun Mario Schweiger

Abstract

A blunt-nosed viper specimen, Macrovipera lebetina obtusa is recorded from Hıdırlık village, Divriği, Sivas province in Central Anatolia. Previously Erzincan- Kemaliye was the westernmost locality known for this species in central Anatolia. Information on new locality and morphological features of this endangered subspecies is given.

Keywords

Reptilia, Viperidae, Macrovipera lebetina obtusa, Turkey, distribution

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