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Hemorrhois nummifer
(REUSS, 1834)
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- Chromosome number: 2n= 36 (Stepanyan, 2002)
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Distribution in Armenia
Altitudes: Araks basin: 375-1600 (1800)
m above sea level.
Regions: Araks basin: S-Shirak, Armavir,
Aragatsotn,Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik.
Habitats: Semideserts, Rocklands covered by phryganoid vegetation
Areal type: Eastern-Mediterranean
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Global distribution:
- Europe: Greece (Aegean Islands, e.g. Kalymnos,
Kos, Lipsi), Cyprus, Turkey.
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Asia: Israel, Syria, Lebanon,
NE Egypt, Sinai, N Iraq, NE Iran, Armenia, E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenstan, Uzbekstan, TajikistanS Armenia, S Azerbaijan, NE Turkey,
NW-NE Iran, S Turkmenstan (Kopet Dag Mountains).
- Food: lizards, snakes, birds, small mammals
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- Enemies: snakes, birds, foxes, vulfs, cats, dogs,
man
- Parasites:
- Known trend: No objective data available (presumably
threatened)
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- Comment:
- References:
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Aghasyan A.L., 1996.
The Fauna of Snakes of Armenia and Nakhichevan. PhD Thesis authoreferat,
Yerevan, 34 pp.
Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky,
I.S., Rjabov S.A., Barabanov A.V., 2004. Atlas
of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia, "Ivan Fedorov" Print, St.
Pererbourg, Russia, 230 pp.
Chernov S.A.,
1939. [Herpetological
Fauna of Armenian SSR and Nakhichevan ASSR] // Zoological Papers,
Vol I, (Transactions of Biological Institure, Vol. III). Edition of
Armenian Brunch of The USSR Academy of Scienecs, Erevan, 1939, pp.
77-194. (In Russian)
Darevsky I.S., 1957.
The Fauna of Reptiles of Armenia and Its Zoogeographical Analysis.
PhD Thesis, Yerevan, 468 pp.
- Schtti etc. (1985) Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 40 (9): 109-123.
Engelmann etc. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
Leviton etc. (1992) Handbook Middle East Amph. Rept.
Werner (1988) Herpetofaunal survey of Israel.
Bhme (1993) In: Bhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien
Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I.
Reuss (1834) Mus. Senckenbergiana, Frankfurt/M., 1: 129-162.
Boulenger (1893) Catalogue of the snakes,Vol. I.
Boulenger (1887) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 344-345
Bussmann etc. (1996) Salamandra 32 (1): 59-62
Schneider (1983) Salamandra 19 (1/2): 61-70
Lotze (1977) Salamandra 17: 117
Clark (2000) Herpetological Bulletin (74):6-7.
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