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Similar species: Platyceps najadum, Hemorrhois nummifer, Hierophis schmidti, Natrix tessellata,

Distribution in Armenia

Altitudes: 375-1400 (1700)

Administrative regions:

Araks basin: Armavir,Aragatsotn,Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik.

Habitats: Rocklands covered by phryganoids or shiblyak (shrub)vegetation, semideserts, buildings and ruuins.

Global distribution:

Mediterranean region

Europe: Spain, Portugal, S-France, NW-Italy (incl. Lampedusa island), Albania, W-Yugoslavia: coastal Croatia (including some adriatic islands), Slovenia (possibly), Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria,Turkey, Cyprus, S Russia (Dagestan),

Asia: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, W Iran, Iraq, W Arabia, Syria, Israel, Jordan, N Sudan.

Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt

Food: lizards, small mammals, birds

Enemies:

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.

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