Morphological, hemipenial and venom electrophoresis comparisons of the levantine viper, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758), from Cyprus and Southern Anatolia

Kıbrıs ve Güney Anadolu'da yaßayan Koca Engerek yılanları, Macrovipera lebetina morfoloji, hemipenis ve venom proteinlerinin elektroforetik modelleri açılarından karşılaştırmalı olarak araştırılmıştır. Karşılaştırılan karakterler açısından her iki populasyon arasında dikkate değer farklılıklar saptanmıştır. Bu farklılıklar ışığında, türe ait Güney Anadolu populasyonunun Kıbrıs'ta yaşayan nominat alttür, M. l. lebetina (Linnaeus) olarak ele alınamayacağı sonucuna varılmıştır. Kuzeydoğu Anadolu'dan çalışma materyalinin yetersiz sayıda oluşu, Güney ve Kuzeydoğu Anadolu populasyonları arasında uygun bir karşılaştırmalı çalışma yapmamıza olanak vermemiştir.

Kıbrıs ve Güney Anadolu'da dağılış gösteren Koca Engerek, Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)' nın morfoloji, Hemipenis ve venom elektroforezi karşılaştırılması

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.

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