Podaci o visinskoj rasprostranjenosti guštera i nekih drugih gmazova na Biokovu (Hrvatska) i njegovoj neposrednoj okolici

During nine stays on Mount Biokovo (1762 m) / Central Dalmatia (Croatia), and the adjacent parts of the Cetina valley in the years 1979–1990, 16 reptile species were observed. Together with previous data from literature the list now comprises 21 species. New or more detailed data are given, particularly on the following lizard species: Lacerta trilineata, L. viridis, L. mosorensis, L. oxycephala, Podarcis muralis and P. sicula.Tijekom devet boravaka na Biokovu (1762 m) / središnja Dalmacija (Hrvatska) i u susjednim krajevima doline Cetine u razdoblju od 1979. do 1990. zabilježeno je 16 vrsta gmazova. Zajedno s poznatim podacima iz literature taj popis sada obuhvaća 21 vrstu. Rad donosi nove i detaljnije podatke, posebno o sljedećim vrstama guštera: Lacerta trilineata, L. viridis, L. mosorensis, L. oxycephala, Podarcis muralis i P. sicula

Taxonomy, distribution and geographic variation of Eirenis punctatolineatus (Boettger, 1892) (Reptilia: Colubridae)

Distribution and geographic variation in Eirenis punctatolineatus are studied in the whole distribution range of the species. The results show that the species is distributed from eastern central Turkey in the west to east up to northern Khorasan mountains in Iran and from central Armenia in the north to the south up to the adjacency of the seashores of the Persian Gulf. An univariate analysis shows that there is possibly a clinal variation in two morphometric and one meristic characters through the latitudes. Percent ratio of tail length on total length and number of Subcaudal scales increase from north to south and conversely, percent ratio of head length to total length decrease. A subsequent multivariate analysis revealed that populations of Turkey, Transcaucasia and northwestern Iran, referred to as northern populations of Eirenis punctatolineatus, and populations of the southern Zagros Mountains and adjacent areas, referred to as southern populations of Eirenis punctatolineatus are clearly different morphologically, but intermix in an intermediate area. A subspecific subdivision is suggested for the northern and southern populations. As a new combination, Eirenis punctatolineatus condoni (Boulenger, 1920), is proposed for the southern populations