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Natrix natrix (LINNAEUS, 1758)
sbsp. scuttata (PALLAS, 1771).
Natrix natrix (LINNAEUS, 1758)
sbsp. persa (PALLAS, 1814)
Photo
Chromosome number: 2n= 34 (Grafodatsky
at.al, 1979; Stepanyan, 2002)
Distribution in Armenia
Altitudes: Araks basin: 890-2700
m above sea level. Kura basin: 375-2600 m. a.s.l.
Regions: Araks basin: Shirak,
Armavir, Aragatsotn,Yerevan, Kotayk, Gegharkunik, Ararat, Vayots Dzor,
Syunik; Kura basin:Tavoush, Lory
Habitats: Streems, rivers, lakes, bunches, rural habitats,
stony sites within mountain stepps, steppe-meadows and meadows, semihumid
woodlands.
Areal type: Eastern-submediterranean
- Global distribution:
- Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland, England,
France (Corsica), Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany, Poland,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Croatia
(including some adriatic islands), Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegowina,
Monte Negro, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (Limnos, Lesbos,
Paros, Antiparos, Despotiko, Chios, Samos, Samothraki, Andros), Turkey,
Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia,Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus,
Moldova, Ukraine.
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Asia: E-Russia, Armenia, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, NW Mongolia, NW China (Xinjiang),
N Iran, Syria.
- Africa:Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
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Food: small
Mammals, fish, amphibians.
Enemies: birds, man, carnivor mallams.
Parasites:
Known trend: not abjective data is
available (presumably common).
References:
photo: http://www.itc.it/mtsn/softw/rettili/collare.html
photo: http://www.etatfr.ch/mhn/r-coucol.htm
info: http://www.itc.it/mtsn/softw/rettili/collare.html
photo: http://www.algonet.se/~herp/files.htm
info: http://www.atmosphere.be/nature/herpetology/Nnatrix.html
photo: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1780/photos1.html
photo: http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Natrix_natrix.jpg
photo:
http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Natrix_natrix_female.jpg
photo: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/batraciens/les_reptiles_de_Geneve.htm
- 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.
- 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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Gruber etc. (1977) Salamandra 13 (2): 60-77
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