Morphology of Eublepharis Angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 in Turkey

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Morphology of Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 in Turkey

Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 has been found in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains, in the upper Tigris-Euphrates basin in Iraq, Iran and northeast of Syria at an elevation ranging between 300 and 1000 meters a.s.l. (ANDERSON & LEVITON 1966; LEVITON et al. 1992; Disi & BÖHME 1996; ANDERSON Fig. 1 : Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON 1999). GÖCMEN et al. (2002) reported the & LEVITON, 1966 (female ZDEU 13/2002 no 2) species also to inhabit South East Anatolia from near the village of Çiçekalan (Çanhurfa, Birecik) and described morpho- (Birecik-Sanhurfa, East Anatolia). logical characteristics of the female collected. ANDERSON (1999) provided detailed in- longitudinally and transversely. In the fe- formation on the morphology as well as male specimens, these blotches are smaller, ecology of the species. more separated from each other and fewer Three adult E. angramainyu were col- in number than in males. There are three lected while they were wandering around in transverse bars across the dorsum, the first the open on a rocky hillside near the village behind the shoulders, the second at midbody of Çiçekalan (Birecik-Sanliurfa, East Ana- and the third in the sacral region The numer- tolia) at an elevation of 400 meters a.s.l. ous blotches on the tail are arranged in the (Zoology Department, Ege University, Iz- form of transverse bars. Legs with lilac- mir ZDEU 13/2002-3 ( 1 d", 2 9 9) Çiçekalan brown blotches. Ventral side of the body Köyü, Birecik - Sanhurfa, Tiirkiye, 01.07. spotless whitish. 2002, leg. M. TOSUNOGLU, D. AYAZ, C. V. Total length is 256 mm in the male TOK & M. AFSAR. These specimens were specimen and 220.5 mm in female number found in a clear and warm (26 °C) night be- two. The supranasal plate is unified in all of tween 23.00 and 24.00. the specimens, separated from its counter- Color-pattern (fig. 1): Lilac-brown part by an almost hexagonal internasal blotches with wide interspaces on dark yel- plate. The width of the internasal plate ex- low ground color of dorsum. This pattern ceeds its length. The mental scale is of pen- extends on the head of the females. A tagonal shape and shorter than wide. Two continuous light vertebral stripe extending big postmental plates that form the first row from the occiput to the base of the tail. Dark of the postmentals are in contact with the blotches on the dorsum irregularly arranged first infralabial plate. The ventral scales are

Table I : Measurements and pholidosis counts in three Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 specimens from Turkey (ZDEU 13/2002-3, Çiçekalan Köyü, Birecik-Sanliurfa). • - specimen with regenerated tail.

Specimen No (Sex) Character 1(¥)* 2(9) 3(cf) Snout-vent-length (mm) 132.00 132.50 151.00 Tail length (mm) 64.00* 88.00 105.00 Ear opening verlical length (mm) 5.34 5.86 6.06 Ear opening horizontal length (mm) 2.08 3.76 5.10 Supralabial scales 11 11 11 Infralabial scales 11 II 11 Periocular scales 46 48 46 Preanal pores 12 11 12 Longitudinal ventral scale rows (middle) 23 26 27 Subdigital lamellae underneath 4th (longest) toe 24 24 24 ©Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie e.V., Wien, Austria, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at

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Table 2: Measurements and pholidosis counts in three Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 of the present study compared with literature data. (+) - GÖCMEN et al. (2002), (++) - ANDERSON (1999), * - specimen with regenerated tail.

Character Present Study E. angramainyu E. angramainyu E. turcmenicus E. macularius (+) (++) (++) (++) Snout-vent-length (mm) ? 132-132.5 9 148 ? 126-127 130 158 â 151.00 â 142-154 Tail length (mm) 9 64*-88 66 ? 86-90 80-83.5 - e? 105

hexagonal in shape and arranged contigu- bians and Reptiles) [Contributions to Herpetology, Vol. ously. Subdigital lamellae are flat. There 15], pp. 442. DISI, A. M. & BÖHME, W. (1996): Zoo- geography of the amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with are three transverse ventral rows of scales on additional new records.- Herpetozoa, Wien; 9 (1/2), 63- each ring on the tails of all the specimens. For 70. GÖCMEN, e. & TOSUNOGLU, M. & AYAZ, D. (2002): measurements and pholidosis counts see First record of the Leopard Gecko Eublepharis angra- table 1. mainyu (Reptilia: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from Ana- tolia.- Herpetological Journal, London; 12 (2): 79-80. When the colour-pattern and charac- GRISMER, L. L. (1900): The phylogeny, taxonomy, clas- teristics of pholidosis of the three specimens sification, and biogeography of eublepharid geckos collected from Southeast Anatolia are com- (Reptilia: Squamata); pp. 367-469. In: ESTES, R. & PREGILL, G. K.(eds.): Phylogenetic relationships of the pared with literature data (LEVITON et al. lizard families. Stanford (Stanford University Press). 1992; ANDERSON 1999; GÖCMEN et al. 2002; GRISMER, L. L. (1991): Cladistic relationships of the GRISMER 1988, 1991), E. angramainyu lizard Eublepharis turcmenicus (Squamata: Eublepha- clearly differs from E. turcmenicus DA- ridae).- Journal of Herpetology, Houston; 25: 251-253. LEVITON, A. E., ANDERSON, S. C, ADLER, K. & MIN- REVSKY, 1977 with regard to the number of TON, S. A. (1992): Handbook to Middle East amphib- periocular scales, preanal pores and ventral ians and reptiles. Missouri (Society for the Study of scales as well as the postmental plates being Amphibians and Reptiles) [Contributions to Herpeto- in contact with the first infralabial plates logy, Vol. 8)], pp. 252. SZCZERBAK, N. N. & GOLUBEV, M. L. (1996): Gecko fauna of the USSR and contigu- (table 2), whereas it is distinct from E. ma- ous regions. Missori (Society for the study of Amphi- cularius, defined by BLYTH (1854) with bians and Reptiles) [Contributions to Herpetology, Vol. respect to its flat subdigital lamellae, color 13], pp. 245. and dorsal pattern characteristics. However, KEY WORDS: Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: the specimens examined are in agreement Gekkonidae: Eublepharis angramainyu, taxonomy, with the descriptions of E. angramainyu morphology, Turkey. given by ANDERSON & LEVITON (1966), SUBMITTED: October 15, 2004 LEVITON et al. (1992), ANDERSON (1999), and GÖCMEN et al. (2002), except for the AUTHORS: Murât TOSUNOGLU, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Science - Litera- higher supralabial counts (11 instead of 10) ture, Department of Biology, Terzioglu Campus, Çanak- and higher ventral scale counts (27 instead kale, Turkey; Dincer AYAZ, Ege University, Faculty of of 24) when SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV'S Science, Department of Biology, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, (1996) data are considered. Turkey; Cernai Varol TOK, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Science - Literature, Department REFERENCES: ANDERSON, S. C. & LEVITON, of Biology, Terzioglu Campus, Çanakkale, Turkey; A. E. (1966): A new species of Eublepharis from Kurtuluç OLGUN, Adnan Menderes University, Faculty Southwestern Iran (Reptilia: Gekkonidae).- Occasional of Science - Literature, Department of Biology, 09010, Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, San Aydin, Turkey; Murat AFSAR, Celai Bayar University Francisco; 53: 1-5. ANDERSON, S. C. (1999): The liz- Faculty of Science - Literature, Department of Biology, ards of Iran. Missouri (Society for the Study of Amphi- Manisa, Turkey < [email protected] >