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Doronin I. V., Smirnova N. G. On the northern border of the range of Darevskia pontica (Lantz et Cyrén, 1918) (Sauria: Lacertidae). Current Studies in Herpetology, 2022, vol. 22, iss. 1, pp. 59-64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1814-6090-2022-22-1-2-59-64
On the northern border of the range of Darevskia pontica (Lantz et Cyrén, 1918) (Sauria: Lacertidae)
New findings of Darevskia pontica at the northern border of its habitat, in the Kuban-Azov lowland within the administrative boundaries of the Krasnodar and Rostov regions, are presented and discussed. The species was found in the Rostov region for the first time. It is proposed to include D. pontica into the regional Red Data Book of the Rostov region.
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