TADEVOSYAN'S

HERPETOLOGICAL RESOURCES (THR)

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan 1862)

sbsp. satunini (Nikoslky, 1899) (Synonyms)

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Distribution in Armenia (Map)
Altitudes: 900-1400 m above sea level.
Regions: Araks basin: Armavir, Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik
Habitats: Stony semideserts, Rocklands covered by phryganoid vegetation.
Areal type: Eastern-Mediterranean
Global distribution:
Europe: Yugoslavia
Asia: E Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran, Iraq, C-S Armenia, Azerbaijan.

Food: arthropods.

Enemies: No data available

Parasites: No data available

Known trend: not abjective data is available (presumably rare and undetermined).

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.

Esterbauer (1985) Herpetofauna 7 (38): 23-34
Franzen etc. (1995) Salamandra 31 (2): 107-122
Engelmann etc. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
Werner (1988) Herpetofaunal survey of Israel.
Reed etc. (1959) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 62 (1): 91-122
Leviton etc. (1992) Handbook Middle East Amph. Rept.
Nikolsky (1899) Annuaire Mus�e Zoologique de l'Acad�mie Imp�riale des Sciences de St.-P�tersbourg, 4: 449-451
Darevsky (1970) Zool. Zhurnal 49: 1685-1690.
Jan (1862) Arch. Zool., Anat. Fisiol., 2: 1-76.