A Serological Investigation of Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) (Sauria: Lacertidae) Populations in Turkey

Authors: HÜSEYİN ARIKAN, MEHMET KUTSAY ATATÜR, İ. ETHEM ÇEVİK, YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

Abstract: A total of 58 (24 MM , 34 VV ) Lacerta viridis specimens, which were collected from Turkish Thrace and the Black Sea region of Anatolia, were evaluated serologically. The analyses support the view that a single race of L. viridis (L. v. meridionalis) inhabits Turkey.

Keywords: Lacerta viridis, blood-serum proteins, polyacrylamide-disc electrophoresis.

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