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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