The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey

Volume: 10 Number: 1 April 15, 2017
  • Halit Eksilmez
  • Abdullah Altunışık
  • Nurhayat Özdemir
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The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey

Abstract

Karçal Mountains are located in Artvin province Turkey that contains various types of ecosystems. Based on the results of herpetological surveys conducted between August 2014 and July 2015, totally 18 species were recorded from 11 different stations around Karçal Mountains of which 7 were amphibians 2 salamanders and 5 frogs and 11 were reptiles 5 lizards and 6 snakes . Specimens were investigated in terms of some morphological characters like color and pattern features, number of scales and plates and body measurements. In addition, a zoogeographical assessment was also carried out by the chorotype classification of Karçal Mountains

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Halit Eksilmez This is me

Abdullah Altunışık This is me

Nurhayat Özdemir This is me

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April 15, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Eksilmez, H., Altunışık, A., & Özdemir, N. (2017). The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation, 10(1), 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY
AMA
1.Eksilmez H, Altunışık A, Özdemir N. The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey. BioDiCon. 2017;10(1):1-5. https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY
Chicago
Eksilmez, Halit, Abdullah Altunışık, and Nurhayat Özdemir. 2017. “The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 10 (1): 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY.
EndNote
Eksilmez H, Altunışık A, Özdemir N (April 1, 2017) The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation 10 1 1–5.
IEEE
[1]H. Eksilmez, A. Altunışık, and N. Özdemir, “The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey”, BioDiCon, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–5, Apr. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY
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Eksilmez, Halit - Altunışık, Abdullah - Özdemir, Nurhayat. “The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 10/1 (April 1, 2017): 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY.
JAMA
1.Eksilmez H, Altunışık A, Özdemir N. The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey. BioDiCon. 2017;10:1–5.
MLA
Eksilmez, Halit, et al. “The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation, vol. 10, no. 1, Apr. 2017, pp. 1-5, https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY.
Vancouver
1.Halit Eksilmez, Abdullah Altunışık, Nurhayat Özdemir. The Herpetofauna of Karçal Mountains Artvin/Turkey. BioDiCon [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 1;10(1):1-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA56SM76TY

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