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Issue: Vol. 1387 No. 1: 8 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-08
DOI: 10.11646/ootaxa.1387.1.2
Page range: 27–38
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 78

A new subspecies, Eumeces schneiderii barani n. ssp (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Turkey

Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education, Department of Biology, 35150, Buca, zmir, Turkey
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Zoology Section, 35100, Bornova, zmir, Turkey.
Dokuz Eylül University, Fauna and Flora Research and Application Center, 35150, Buca, zmir, Turkey
Pamukkale University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Denizli, Turkey
Eumeces schneiderii barani n. ssp. Sauria Scincidae blood-serum proteins polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis lizards Turkey

Abstract

This study describes a new subspecies of lizard, Eumeces schneiderii barani n. ssp., from western Anatolia, Turkey. The new subspecies is differentiated from other two subspecies in Anatolia (E. s. princeps and E. s. pavimentatus) by its characteristic colour and colour-pattern as well as by the scales along the dorsal midline. Results obtained from polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis support this differentiation.

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