Bayram GÖÇMEN, Hüseyin ARIKAN, Ahmet MERMER, Bert LANGERWERF, Hasan BAHAR

Kıbrıs ve Güney Anadolu’da Dağılış Gösteren Koca Engerek, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)’nın Morfoloji, Hemipenis ve Venom Elektroforezi Karşılaştırılması

K›br›s ve Güney Anadolu’da yaflayan Koca Engerek y›lanlar›, Macrovipera lebetina morfoloji, hemipenis ve venom proteinlerinin elektroforetik modelleri aç›lar›ndan karfl›laflt›rmal› olarak araflt›r›lm›flt›r. Karfl›laflt›r›lan karakterler aç›s›ndan her iki populasyon aras›nda dikkate de¤er farkl›l›klar saptanm›flt›r. Bu farkl›l›klar ›fl›¤›nda, türe ait Güney Anadolu populasyonunun K›br›s’ta yaflayan nominat alttür, M. l. lebetina (Linnaeus) olarak ele al›namayaca¤› sonucuna var›lm›flt›r. Kuzeydo¤u Anadolu’dan çal›flma materyalinin yetersiz say›da oluflu, Güney ve Kuzeydo¤u Anadolu populasyonlar› aras›nda uygun bir karfl›laflt›rmal› çal›flma yapmam›za olanak vermemifltir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Macrovipera lebetina, hemipenis, venom elektroforez, K›br›s, Güney Anadolu

Morphological, Hemipenial and Venom Electrophoresis Comparisons of the Levantine Viper, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758), from Cyprus and Southern Anatolia

Levantine vipers, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus), from Cyprus and southern Anatolia were investigated comparatively regarding morphology, hemipenes and electrophoresis patterns of venom proteins. There were discernible differences between these compared features of the 2 populations. In the light of these differences, it is concluded that the southern Anatolian population should not be identified as the nominate subspecies M. l. lebetina (Linnaeus), which lives in Cyprus. The study material from northeastern Anatolia did not allow us to make a good comparison between M. lebetina from southern and NE Anatolia.

Keywords:

Macrovipera lebetina, hemipenes, venom electrophoresis, Cyprus, southern Anatolia,

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