Vipera albizona, a new mountain viper from central Turkey, with comments on isolating effects of the Anatolian "Diagonal"

Nilson, Göran; Flärdh, Börje; Andrén, Claes

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“…This void may have left space for (or may have in part been caused by) the invasion and further differentiation of V. ammodytes in the area. Moreover, a third species is distributed in western Turkey and in particular west of the Anatolian Diagonal reaching Eastern Greece: Montivipera xanthina [44]. The authors suggest a vicariant differentiation of Montivipera beginning in the early Plioecene to the widespread M. xanthina and four more species with restricted distributions along the mountains forming the Anatolian diagonal.…”

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“…Macrovipera is currently considered to contain two species: M. schweizeri and M. lebetina. These have split during the Messinian crisis ca 5MYA [40,43], leaving today a restricted population on the Aegean island group of Milos (M. schweizeri) and M. lebetina with a wide distribution to the east of the Anatolian Diagonal [44] in Turkey, with a wide gap void of the genus in Greek islands and western Turkey (Figure 10). This void may have left space for (or may have in part been caused by) the invasion and further differentiation of V. ammodytes in the area.…”

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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Lymberakis

Poulakakis

2010

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Abstract:The area of the Aegean can be described as one of nature's most active laboratories. The contemporary geomorphology of the Aegean is a result of diverse and still ongoing geological events, which coupled with climate changes, have created mountains and thousands of islands. The Aegean bridges three continents, where human activity has been recorded for at least 10,000 years. Herpetofauna diversity offered early researchers the possibility of describing patterns in the Aegean, especially as the distributional limit for several species and faunal elements. The patterns initially described at a rather coarse scale formed the frame on which the application of new techniques opened new views and permitted finer analyses. Here, we assess recent works on the Aegean's herpetofauna, outlining the role of sea barriers, especially the Mid Aegean Trench (MAT). We propose four basic patterns (pre-MAT, post-MAT, newcomers, and that of an outlier) and discuss exceptions to these patterns, to interpret the diversity recorded. The interdisciplinary study of taxonomy helps explaining the observed diversity and provides powerful arguments for how exploring diversity can be used to explain more than biological processes.

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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Lymberakis

Poulakakis

2010

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“…data stored in our database), have sampled M. wagneri on numerous south-facing slopes. Nilson, Andrén & Flärdh, 1990 Material: ZMADYU 2013/90, 1 ♀, Sarıçiçek Plateau, Kemaliye, province Erzincan, 1790 m a.s.l., 1.vi.2013, leg. Ş. Gültekin, who also provided photographs of three more specimens from the same area (one on www.turkherptil.org and one depicting a couple, pers.…”

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“…M. albizona is an endemic Turkish mountain viper, which was first described from the Kulmaç Mountains (province Sivas, central Anatolia). Published records indicate that its distribution appears to relate to the Anatolian Diagonal as far east as Yama Mountain, Sivas province ( Figure 2, Nilson et al, 1990;Mulder, 1994;Mallow et al, 2003;Göçmen et al, 2009, Tok et al, 2009). Our M. albizona record from near Kemaliye extends the eastern limit by ca.…”

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New locality records for four rare species of vipers (Reptilia: Viperidae) in Turkey

Göçmen

Mebert

İğci

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Zoology in the Middle East

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We report new localities and range extensions for four vipers from Turkey. The distribution of Montivipera wagneri is extended substantially southwards into Muş province, showing that this species is not endemic to the Aras valley as previously stated in the literature. Similarly, an unverified photograph of Montivipera albizona from Erzincan province, at its currently known eastern limit, was confirmed with new material, and its range is extended substantially southwards to the Anamos (Nur) Mountains in Hatay province. Smaller range extensions are reported for Vipera ammodytes transcaucasiana and V. darevskii.

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“…Şekercioğlu et al (2011) reported that Turkey has 4 major mountain belts, including the Yıldız Mountains in the European part of Turkey; the Taurus Mountains, covering southern Anatolia between the Mediterranean coast and eastern Anatolia; the Köroğlu and Kaçkar Mountains in the Northern Anatolian Mountains; and the Anatolian Diagonal, running from the northeast to the Mediterranean. The Anatolian Diagonal, especially, is a barrier for terrestrial species because it has served as a dispersal corridor for many animals from northeastern to southern Anatolia (Nilson et al, 1990).…”

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Climatic preferences and distribution of 6 evolutionary lineages ofTyphlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 in Turkey using ecological niche modeling

Gül¹,

Kumlutaş²,

Ilgaz³

2015

Turk J Zool

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According to evolutionary biologists, ecology is a very important factor in speciation. Ecology may be effective at driving adaptive divergence between lineages in different environments and climatic conditions. Because Anatolia has major mountain belts, paleogeographic characteristics, and unique climatic traits, it plays an important role in speciation and shows a barrier effect for many terrestrial species. In this study, we investigated the climatic preferences of 6 isolated evolutionary lineages of Typhlops vermicularis in Anatolia using ecological niche modeling. Our results revealed that both glacial (Last Glacial Maximum) and interglacial (Last Interglacial) modeling, as well as current modeling, showed the most important climatic variables that potentially limit the spread of 6 major lineages of T. vermicularis throughout all of Anatolia. In addition, our results revealed that 6 lineages of T. vermicularis could be adapted to different climatic conditions. Finally, our study demonstrates the unique climatic importance of Anatolia as a center for the local diversification of T. vermicularis.

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Vipera albizona, a new mountain viper from central Turkey, with comments on isolating effects of the Anatolian "Diagonal"

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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

New locality records for four rare species of vipers (Reptilia: Viperidae) in Turkey

Climatic preferences and distribution of 6 evolutionary lineages ofTyphlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 in Turkey using ecological niche modeling

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