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lizards ( Dactyloa ): Taxonomic implications, new Distribution of renardi insights about phenotypic evolution and the timing of diversification.- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolu - renardi (CHRiSTOPH , 1861), in the tion, Barking; 82: 258-268. PuRviS , A. & G iTTlEMAN , Saratov region, Russian Federation G. l. & C OWliNSHAW , G. & M ACE , G. M. (2000): Predicting extinction risk in declining .- Pro - ceedings of the Royal Society of london, london; (Ser. The Steppe viper, Vipera renardi re - B) 267 (1456): 1947-1952. QuiROlA , D. R. & M áRMOl , A. & T ORRES -C ARvAjAl , O. & N ARvAEZ , A. E. & A yAlA - nardi (CHRiSTOPH , 1861), is widespread in vARElA , F. & M OORE , i. T. (2017): use of a rostral southeast European ( ANANjEvA et appendage during social interactions in the Ecuadorian al. 2004). Distribution limits of the species Anolis proboscis .- journal of Natural History, london; are well known in general, whereas infor - 51 (27-28): 1625-1638. RiBEiRO -j úNiOR , M. A . (2015a): Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: mation on local populations scattered with - ) from the Brazilian Amazonia. i. Dactyloi- in marginal areas of the range is insuffi - dae, Hoplocercidae, iguanidae, leiosauridae, Polychro - cient. This situation applies to the northern tidae, Tropiduridae.- Zootaxa, Auckland; 3983: 1-110. range area and the Saratov region in partic - RiBEiRO -j úNiOR , M. A. (2015b): Catalogue of distribu - tion of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian ular, on which the present note is focused. Amazonia. ii. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaero - The authors’ analysis of confinement dactylidae.- Zootaxa, Auckland; 3981: 1-55. RiBEiRO - to certain biotopes and abundance of V. r . júNiOR , M. A. & A MARAl , S. (2016): Catalogue of dis - tribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the renardi was based on field data collected in Brazilian Amazonia. iii. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae.- the spring and summer months of 2002 − Zootaxa, Auckland; 4205: 401-430. RiBEiRO -j úNiOR , M. 2016. The population density of V. r. renar - A. & A MARAl , S. (2017): Catalogue of distribution of di was estimated by counts on trial plots and lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian HlyAkHTiN OlikOvA Amazonia. iv. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae.- along routes ( S & G Zootaxa, Auckland; 4269: 151-196. RODRiGuES , M. T. 1986). in addition, collection materials of & X AviER , v. & S kuk , G. & P AvAN , D. (2002): New the Zoological Museum of the Saratov State specimens of Anolis phyllorhinus (Squamata, Poly - university (ZM SSu) were examined. chrotidae): the first female of the species and of pro - boscid anoles.- Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo; in the 19th century, V. r. renardi in - 42 (16), 363-380. SãO -P EDRO , v. A. & C OSTA , H. C. & habited most of the open steppe biotopes of FEiO , R. N. (2009): A herpetofauna do AHE Dardanelos, today’s Saratov region (Saratowskaja ob - Aripuanã, Mato Grosso. viçosa (uFv - universidade last − Саратовская область ); at that time Federal de viçosa), pp. 40. uETZ P. & H OšEk j. (2017): The Database. WWW online database available findings of the species in both the right at < http://www.reptile-database.org > [last accessed: bank area of the volga River and the Trans- july 10, 2018]. vElASCO , j. A. & H uRTADO -G óMEZ , j. volga region were quite common ( NikOl - P. (2014): A new green anole lizard of the “ Dactyloa ” Sky 1916). This situation persisted until clade (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Magdalena river valley of Colombia.- Zootaxa, Auckland; 3785 (2): the first half of the 20th century. During 201-216. WilliAMS , E. E. (1965): South American the 1960s – 1980s, the V. r. renardi popula - Anolis (Sauria, iguanidae): two new species of the tion of the Saratov region declined signifi - punctatus group.- Breviora, Cambridge; 233: 1-15. cantly. The viper disappeared from most WilliAMS , E. E. (1979): South American anoles: the species groups. 2. The proboscis anoles ( Anolis laevis administrative districts of the Saratov group).- Breviora, Cambridge; 449: 1-19. region and retreated to some isolated areas. However, it remained relatively common kEy WORDS: Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloi- dae: Anolis phyllorhinus , proboscid anoles, new record in the extreme south of the Saratov Trans- locality, Amazonia, Tapajós River, Pará State, Brazil volga region and in the extreme south-east of the Saratov right bank area of the volga SuBMiTTED: February 30, 2018 River. A similar decline took place in the AuTHORS: leandro j. C. l. MORAES (Cor- adjacent volgograd region, where the num - responding author < [email protected] >) 1, 2) , ber of specimens was seven to 15 individ - Fernanda P. WERNECk 3) & Dante PAvAN 2) uals/ha in the summer months of the 1960s, 1) Programa de Capacitação institucional, and one to two individuals/10 km along a instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, line transect in 1986 ( kuBANTSEv & kOli- AM, Brazil. AkiN 1989). The main causes of the drop in 2) Ecosfera Consultoria e Pesquisa em Meio Ambiente ltda., São Paulo, SP, Brazil. abundance of V. r. renardi were the plow - 3) Programa de Coleções Científicas Biológicas, ing of vast pristine land areas and also the Coordenação de Biodiversidade, instituto Nacional de intense development of cattle breeding Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil. (SHlyAkHTiN et al. 2006). All_Short_Notes:SHORT_NOTE.qxd 12.02.2019 14:39 Seite 16

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Fig. 1: Distribution of Vipera renardi renardi (CHRiSTOPH , 1861), in the Saratov region (Russian Federation). Record localities 1-14 are taken from Z AviAlOv et al. (2006); 15-21 are new records by the authors. 1 – Near the city of Saratov; 2 - Ozinskiy district, near the town of Ozinki; 3 – Perelyubskiy district, near the village of Alekseevka; 4 – Tatishchevskiy district, near the town of Tatishchevo; 5 – Near the city of Balakovo; 6 – Alexandrovo-Gaiskiy district, near the village of varfolomeevka; 7 – Tatishchevskiy district, near kurdum train station; 8 – Novoburasskiy district, near the village of Radishchevo; 9 – krasnoarmeysk district, near the village of Nizhnyaya Bannovka; 10 – Dergachevskiy district, near the village of Safarovka; 11 – Alexandrovo- Gaiskiy district, near the village of Monakhovo; 12 – khvalynskiy district, near the village of Staraya yablonka; 13 – krasnoarmeysk district, near the village of Revino; 14 – krasnoarmeysk district, near the village of Sado- voe; 15 – khvalynskiy district, near the village of Staraya lebezhayka; 16 – Alexandrovo-Gaiskiy district, khar- lamov Sad natural boundary; 17 – Tatishchevskiy district, near Evdokimovskiy train station; 18 – Saratovskiy district, near the village of konstantinovka; 19 – Dergachevskiy district, near the town of Stepnoe; 20 – Perel- yubskiy district, near the village of kunakbayevo; 21 – Alexandrovo-Gaiskiy district, near the village of Sisoev.

Since the last decade of the 20th cen - 2010 and 2014, in the vicinity of the village tury, more and more arable land fell fallow of Staraya yablonka (khvalynskiy district) and pasture land was overgrown with a rel - the abundance of V. r. renardi varied from atively high projective vegetation cover be - 0.8 to 4.5 individuals/ha. Similar values of cause of minor warming and increase in ab undance (one to five individuals/ha) were humidity in the process of climate change typical for steppe sites with shrub vegeta - (kOlOMyTS 2008; lEviTSkAyA et al. 2009; tion in the valley of the Chardym river (near yERMOkHiN et al. 2017 ). under the above the village of Radishchevo, Novoburasskiy conditions, a steady increase in the V. r. re - district), as well as the slopes and bottoms nardi numbers became apparent in the terri - of ravines and gullies in the southeast of the tory of the Saratov region. Along ravines krasnoarmeyskiy district. in addition, a hab- and gullies, foothills of upland oak forests itat of V. r. renardi was found in the area of and floodplains of rivers, the species began a steppe slope with shrub vegetation near to recolonize areas of its former range. New the Evdokimovskiy railway station (51° settlements of V. r. renardi in the northern 44.404’ N / 45°21.931’ E) in the Tatischev- Saratov right bank region of the volga River skiy district on April 09, 2011, and also in and the southeastern Saratov Trans-volga the vicinity of the village of konstantinovka region were found (Fig. 1). For example, in (51°27.057’ N / 45°35.788’ E) in the Sara- the first ten-day period of May 2002 – 2006, tovskiy district on September 24, 2013. All_Short_Notes:SHORT_NOTE.qxd 12.02.2019 14:39 Seite 17

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in the Saratov Trans-volga region, the demy of Sciences), pp. iv, 350. [in Russian]. RED maximum abundance indices of V. r. renar - BOOk OF THE SARATOv REGiON : M uSHROOMS . l iCHENS . PlANTS . A NiMAlS [КраСная Книга СаратовСКой обла - di (up to 11 individuals/ha) are typical for Сти : г рибы . л ишайниКи . р аСтения . Ж ивотные ] areas with mixed grass-shrub vegetation (2006): Saratov (Publishing house of the Chamber of near open-water reservoirs (estuaries, Commerce and industry of the Saratov region), pp. canals, and storage reservoirs) and in the 528. SHlyAkHTiN , G. v. & GOlikOvA , v. l. (1986): A technique of field surveys of amphibian and reptile floodplains of the Bolshoy and Malyi uzen ecology. Saratov (Saratov university Press), pp. 78. [in rivers in the extreme south of the Alex- Russian]. SHlyAkHTiN , G. v. & T ABACHiSHiN , v. G. & androvo-Gaiskiy district. A somewhat ZAviAlOv , E. v. (2006): восточная степная гадюка – lower abundance was noted in the north of Vipera (Pelias ) renardi (CHRiSTOPH , 1861) [Steppe viper – Vipera (Pelias ) renardi (CHRiSTOPH , 1861)]; the Alexandrovo-Gaiskiy district and in the pp. 371-372. in: КраСная Книга СаратовСКой обла - east of the districts Dergachevskiy, Perely- Сти : г рибы . л ишайниКи . р аСтения . Ж ивотные [RED ubskiy and Ozinskiy. For example, in the BOOk OF THE SARATOv REGiON : M uSHROOMS . l iCHENS . second third (ten-day period) of May 2006 – PlANTS . A NiMAlS ]. Saratov (Publishing house of the Chamber of Commerce and industry of the Saratov 2011, on plots of mixed-grass steppe with region). yERMOkHiN , M. v. & TABACHiSHiN , v. G. & shrub thickets in the kharlamov Sad natural ivANOv , G. A. 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