New locality record of Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Turkey

Abstract

In this study, it was given the locality record of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) from Yeşilköy Village, Pazar District of Rize Province of Turkey. This new record revealed the second locality for L. agilis from the eastern Black Sea coast of Anatolia. The metric and meristic features of the adult, subadult and juvenile specimens were compared to the features of the specimens of the species, L. agilis in the literature.

Keywords

• Sand lizard,pholidosis,morphometric,Pazar,Rize

Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae)’in Türkiye’deki yeni lokalite kaydı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Kars kertenkelesi (Lacerta agilis)’in Türkiye’de Rize ilinin Pazar ilçesinin Yeşilköy köyünden lokalite kaydı verilmiştir. Bu yeni kayıt L. agilis türünün Anadolu’nun Doğu Karadeniz kısmındaki ikinci lokalite kaydını oluşturmaktadır. Ergin, yarı ergin ve juvenile bireylerin metric ve meristic özellikleri literatürde L. agilis türünün bireylerinin özellikleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır.

Keywords

• Kars kertenkelesi,folidosis,morfometrik,Pazar,Rize

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