TADEVOSYAN'S

HERPETOLOGICAL RESOURCES (THR)

Coluber (Platyceps) najadum najadum (EICHWALD, 1831)

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Distribution in Armenia:

Altitudes: Araks basin: 375-2000 m a.s.l.; Kura basin: 375-1200 m a.s.l.

Administrative regions: Araks basin: Shirak, Armavir, Aragatsotn, Yerevan, Kotayk, Geghakunik, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik; Kura basin piedemints of Tawoush and Lory.

Habitats: Rocklands covered xerophylous vegetation, tougaian woodlands, semideserts.

Global distribution:

Europe: coastal Croatia (incl. island of Krk), Hercegowina,
Monte Negro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece (Limnos, Lesbos, Chios, Samos), Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, S Russia.

 

Asia:Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Israel, Iraq

 

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Parasites:

Known trend: not abjective data is available (presumably threatened).

References:

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.