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- Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem,
1820 ex Daudin, 1803)
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Photo
Distribution in Armenia
Altitudes: 375-1800 m above sea level.
Regions: Araks basin:
S-Shirak, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor,
Syunik; Kura basin: Tawoush, N-E Lory,
Habitats: Stony semideserts, Rocklands
covered by phryganoid, shibliak, and woody vegetation.
Areal type: Eastern-Mediterranean
Global distribution:
Europe: Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria,
Greece (incl. Corfu = Corfou, Lesbos, Chios, Limnos, Samos), Romania,
Turkey, Cyprus,S Russia Dagestan.
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Asia:C-S
Armenia, Azerbaijan, S-E Georgia, E Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran,
Iraq, Lebanon, S Turkmenstan, Tajikstan, Uzbekstan, Afghanstan,
Pakistan (?).
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Africa:
Egypt.
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Food: Ant eggs
Enemies:
Parasites:
Known trend: not abjective
data is available (presumably threatened).
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.
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Baran etc. (2001) Turk. J. Zool. 25: 245-249
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Blanford (1874) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 14: 31-35
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