Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann,
1831)
sbsp. iberus (Eichwald,)
Caucasian cat snake
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Distribution
in Armenia
Altitudes: 375-1800 (2000)
Administrative
regions:
Araks
basin: S- Shirak (possibly), Aragatsotn, Yerevan,
Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik.
Kura bsin:
(N-E Lory possible), Tavoush.
Habitats: Rocklands
covered by phryganoids or woody vegetation, semideserts, buildings
and ruuins.
Global distribution:
Eastern-Mediterranean subregion
Countries:
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Europe:
Italy (Limited
to Friuli district, Val Rosandra TS, Greece (Paros, Antiparos, Tourlos,
Crete, Kalymnos, Samos, Milos, Ikaria), Albania, W+S Croatia (including
some adriatic islands), Slovenia (possible), Hercegowina, Monte
Negro, Macedonia, S-Bulgaria, Turkey, Malta,
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Asia: Cyprus,
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, S-Russia (Dagestan), Armenia, Georgia,
Azerbaijan
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Food: lizards,
small birds, rodents
Enemies: predator birds, felines,
human
Parasites:
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.
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Stepanyan I.E., 2002, Study on Systematic
Relationsheep Among Some Reptiles of Armenia./
Thesys of The Doctor
of Biology, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of
Republic of
Armenia, Yerevan, 26 pp.
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