Kerim ÇİÇEK, Oğuzkan CUMHURİYET, Yusuf BAYRAKCI, Dinçer AYAZ

New locality records of Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Scincidae) from western Anatolia, Turkey

In this study, we report 2 new close localities for Eumeces schneideri from Aydın, western Anatolia, Turkey. The specimens were examined morphologically and compared with the relevant literature. These new localities have filled in the gap in the species' distribution range in western Anatolia, Turkey. According to the morphological results, the female specimens resembled E. S. Barani in terms of the scales along the dorsal midline. However, the color-pattern characteristics of the specimens were found to be somewhere between E. S. Barani and E. S. Princeps; thus, the specimens were accepted as E. S. Cf. Barani.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Eumeces schneideri, new locality, distribution, western Anatolia, Turkey

New locality records of Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Scincidae) from western Anatolia, Turkey

Keywords:

Eumeces schneideri, new locality, distribution, western Anatolia, Turkey,

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