On the occurrence of <i>Blanus strauchi aporus</i> Werner, 1898 and <i>Chalcides guentheri</i> Boulenger, 1887 (Reptilia) in the Mediterranean ecozone of Syria

Gocmen B., Disi A. M., Yildiz M. Z.

ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, vol.43, pp.69-74, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Journal Name: ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.69-74
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The amphisbaenian Blanus strouchi aporus has been rediscovered in Main Abu Rayya, Tartous, with a Voucher specimen, after approximately 125 years. The distribution area of Gunther's Skink Chalcides guentheri, recorded from Syria for the third time, is extended some 140 km to the north-east(Al Wardiyat, Hims) of its previous northernmost locality of Mazbud (Saida), Lebanon.