Coronella austriaca austriaca

Distribution and ecology of Coronella austriaca austriaca Laurenti, 1768 (Colubridae, Reptilia) in the North-East of the Caucasus (Dagestan, Russia)

Authors: Mazanaeva L. F., Gichikhanova U. A., Akhmedov G. E.

Data on the distribution of the common smooth snake in Dagestan are presented. The map with the locations of the smooth snake includes 103 locations of the species. The issues of biotopic confinement and ecology of the species in the region are discussed.

Distribution of the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca austriaca Laurenti, 1768) (Colubridae, Reptilia) in the Caspian lowland of Russia and Kazakhstan

Authors: Mazanaeva L. F., Orlova V. F., Shepelya E. Y.

The distribution of smooth snake in the Caspian lowland of Russia and Kazakhstan is analyzed according to the collections of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University and published works. The map with smooth snake finds includes 36 localities of the species (Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Kalmykia, Chechen Republic, Dagestan, and Kazakhstan).