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Kidov A. A., Ivolga R. A. New findings of rare amphibians and reptiles in South Ossetia. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2025, vol. 25, iss. 3, pp. 180-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1814-6090-2025-25-3-4-180-183
New findings of rare amphibians and reptiles in South Ossetia
The paper presents new data on the distribution of Pelodytes caucasicus, Bufo verrucosissimus and Pelias tuniyevi in South Ossetia. The research was carried out on the Dzau district territory in the first decade of July 2023 and in the third decade of April 2024. In the Patsa River gorge (a right tributary of Bolshaya Liakhva River), P. caucasicus, B. verrucosissimus, and P. tuniyevi were discovered for the first time, and P. caucasicus and B. verrucosissimus were discovered in the Ertso Depression. The authors believe that their new findings of P. caucasicus and B. verrucosissimus can be explained by the recolonization of some amphibian habitats lost in the past.
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