New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula

The Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) complex represents small, burrowing snakes that occur from the Balkan Peninsula to Afghanistan and generally they are mostly observed during the springtime. In the present study, we report new records of this snake (10 individuals observed) from Elenite v...

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Autores principales: Teodora Koynova, Pavlina Marinova, Nikola Stanchev, Nikolay Natchev, Daniel Jablonski
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fa12b7092afd4fa1b1c0ac6ea9f182342021-11-27T04:30:51ZNew records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula10.15560/17.6.16231809-127Xhttps://doaj.org/article/fa12b7092afd4fa1b1c0ac6ea9f182342021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://checklist.pensoft.net/article/71072/download/pdf/https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/71072/download/xml/https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/71072/https://doaj.org/toc/1809-127XThe Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) complex represents small, burrowing snakes that occur from the Balkan Peninsula to Afghanistan and generally they are mostly observed during the springtime. In the present study, we report new records of this snake (10 individuals observed) from Elenite village in coastal Bulgaria. According to current knowledge, they represent the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula. We expand the known distribution of X. vermicularis and help to fill information gaps.Teodora KoynovaPavlina MarinovaNikola StanchevNikolay NatchevDaniel JablonskiPensoft PublishersarticleEurasian Blind snakegeographic distributionranBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCheck List, Vol 17, Iss 6, Pp 1623-1626 (2021)
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geographic distribution
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Biology (General)
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spellingShingle Eurasian Blind snake
geographic distribution
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Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Teodora Koynova
Pavlina Marinova
Nikola Stanchev
Nikolay Natchev
Daniel Jablonski
New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
description The Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) complex represents small, burrowing snakes that occur from the Balkan Peninsula to Afghanistan and generally they are mostly observed during the springtime. In the present study, we report new records of this snake (10 individuals observed) from Elenite village in coastal Bulgaria. According to current knowledge, they represent the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula. We expand the known distribution of X. vermicularis and help to fill information gaps.
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author Teodora Koynova
Pavlina Marinova
Nikola Stanchev
Nikolay Natchev
Daniel Jablonski
author_facet Teodora Koynova
Pavlina Marinova
Nikola Stanchev
Nikolay Natchev
Daniel Jablonski
author_sort Teodora Koynova
title New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
title_short New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
title_full New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
title_fullStr New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula
title_sort new records of xerotyphlops vermicularis (merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the balkan peninsula
publisher Pensoft Publishers
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/fa12b7092afd4fa1b1c0ac6ea9f18234
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