Reptile occurrences data in the Volga River basin (Russia)
Bakiev, A.; Kirillov, A.; Kirillova, N.; Ruchin, A.; Klenina, A.; Gorelov, R.; Kostina, N. (2020). Reptile occurrences data in the Volga River basin (Russia). Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e58033. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.8.e58033
In: Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft Publishers: Sofia. ISSN 1314-2836; e-ISSN 1314-2828, more
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| Keywords |
Agamidae ; Anguidae Gray, 1825 [WoRMS]; Boidae Gray, 1825 [WoRMS]; Colubridae Oppel, 1811 [WoRMS]; Emydidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Gekkonidae; Lacertidae Oppel, 1811 [WoRMS]; Lamprophiidae; Reptilia [WoRMS]; Viperidae [WoRMS]
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| Author keywords |
Agamidae, Anguidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Emydidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Lamprophiidae, Reptilia, Viperidae |
| Authors | | Top |
- Bakiev, A.
- Kirillov, A.
- Kirillova, N.
- Ruchin, A.
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- Klenina, A.
- Gorelov, R.
- Kostina, N.
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| Abstract |
The Volga basin is one of the most industrially-developed regions of Russia with a high degree of anthropogenic impact on natural ecosystems. Human influence negatively affects the species diversity and number of animals, including reptiles. There are no endemic species in the reptile fauna of the Volga basin. The herpetofauna of the region makes up 25% of the reptile fauna of Russia (Dunaev and Orlova 2017). We began to study the fauna of reptiles and their distribution in the Volga basin in 1988. Although we registered 20 reptile species in the Volga basin to date, apparently this is not a complete list of species in the region (Bakiev et al. 2004, Bakiev et al. 2009a, Bakiev et al. 2015, Kirillov et al. 2020). The distribution of reptiles in this region is not fully understood. |
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