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Elaphe sauromates (PALLAS,
1814)
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Distribution in Armenia
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Altitudes: Araks basin: 1200-2000
m a.s.l., Kura basin:
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Administrative regions: Arax
basin: Shirak, Aragatsotn, Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat,
Vayots Dzor, Syunik, Kura basin:Tawoush
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Habitats: Rocklands and stonelands
covered by phryganoids, shiblyak, juniper woodlands.
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Global distribution
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- C-S Armenia, SE/SW Azerbaijan, E Turkey, W Iran, E Iraq
- Food: Rodents, birds amd their eggs, lizards
- Enemies: birds, foxes, vulfs, cats, dogs, man
- Parasites:
- Known trend: No objective data available (presumably
threatened)
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- Distribution:
- W Yugoslavia: coastal Croatia (including some adriatic islands),
Slovenia, Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia,
Albania, Greece (Paros, Skyros, Skopelos e Alonissos, Corfu = Corfou,
Samothraki), Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania,
Italy: north to Tuscany and Umbria, N/W Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldavia,
Russia: between Caspian and Black Sea, Slovenia, W Turkmenistan, S Ukraine,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, E Georgia, Moldova, S Russia, W Kazakhstan, N Iraq,
Israel-Lebanon border, Syria
sauromates: Turkey, Syria
Terra typica: Provence, France
- Comment:
- photo: http://www.ratsnakes.com/species.html
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The Fauna of Snakes of Armenia and Nakhichevan. PhD Thesis authoreferat,
Yerevan, 34 pp.
Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky,
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of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia, "Ivan Fedorov" Print, St.
Pererbourg, Russia, 230 pp.
Chernov S.A.,
1939. [Herpetological
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Darevsky I.S., 1957.
The Fauna of Reptiles of Armenia and Its Zoogeographical Analysis.
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