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Distribution in Armenia
Altitudes: 900-2000 m above sea level.
Regions: Araks basin: S-Shirak (possibly), Aragatsotn, Armavir, Yerevan, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik; Kura basin: Tawoush, Lory.
Habitats: Rocklands covered by shrubby and woody vegetation.
Areal type: Eastern-Mediterranean
Global distribution:
Europe: S Russia (Dagestan), Georgia: Kura river, Rion river
Asia: Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Armenia, , E Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Nagornyj-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Iran: Oezel Owezen river, Esfahan,

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Food: Microtus ssp., Chionomus nivalis Mart., Darevskia raddei,

Enemies: Man

Parasites:

Known trend: not abjective data is available (presumably critically endangered).

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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Werning (2003) Reptilia (Münster) 8 (5): 6-8

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