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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Auteurs principaux:	Teodora Koynova, Pavlina Marinova, Nikola Stanchev, Nikolay Natchev, Daniel Jablonski
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Publié:	Pensoft Publishers 2021
Sujets:	Eurasian Blind snake geographic distribution ran Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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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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spellingShingle	Eurasian Blind snake geographic distribution ran 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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New records of Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) indicate the northernmost locality of the species in the Balkan Peninsula

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