The Reptiles of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status |
Contents
Preface | 8 |
Order Testudines Batsch 1788 Turtles and Tortoises | 15 |
Superorder Squamata Oppel 1811 Squamates | 24 |
Order Serpentes Linnaeus 1758 Snakes | 116 |
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Back Cover | 247 |
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Afghanistan Africa Armenia Azerbaijan Badkhyz Book of Turkmenistan Caucasus central coast COLUBRIDAE CONSERVATION STATUS Dagestan Darevskia deserts dorsal east eastern Kazakhstan eastern Transcaucasia Elaphe EREMIAS fauna of North FITZINGER foothills forests GECKO genera genus genus includes Georgia habitats India inhabits Iran Iraq islands isolated populations IUCN Kazakhstan keeled known Kopet Dagh Krasnodar Territory Kyrgyzstan Lacerta LACERTIDAE Lake lizards maxillary bone Middle Asia Mongolia montane mountain range NIKOLSKY nominative subspecies North Eurasia North Eurasia contains northern Iran occurs Pakistan Peninsula PHRYNOCEPHALUS RACERUNNER rare species RATSNAKE ravine Red Data Book reptiles River rows Russia Russian Federation 2001 sands sea level settlement shields SKINK slopes snakes south-east southern Turkmenistan species distributed steppe STRAUCH Szczerbak tail Tajikistan teeth TERRA TYPICA territory of North Tien Shan town Transcaucasia Turkey Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 1999 turtles Ukraine USSR Uzbekistan valley Ventral scales vicinity VIPER VIPERA PELIAS VIPERIDAE western widely distributed Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region