New data on the distribution of the Taurus Frog Rana holtzi WERNER, 1898, in the Bolkar Mountains of Turkey (Anura: Ranidae)

作者：Baskale Eyup^*; Cevik I Ethem; Kaya Ugur; Kumlutas Yusuf; Olgun Kurtulus

来源：Herpetozoa, 2012, 24(3-4): 113-120.

• Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae
• Rana holtzi
• Taurus Frog
• new record locality
• distribution
• Karagol (Camliyayla/Mersin)
• Bolkar Mountains
• Taurus Range
• Turkey

The Taurus Frog, Rana holtzi WERNER, 1898, is a rare local endemic of the Bolkar Mountains, in the Taurus Range (Turkey), where its known distribution was limited to only three localities (Karagol, Ciniligol and Egrigol) in the provinces of Nigde and Mersin. In this study, we report a new record locality for R. holtzi, Karagol (Camliyayla/Mersin), based on morphometrics and pattern/coloration characteristics. Thus, the known distribution range of R. holtzi in the Bolkar Mountains was extended by about 10 kilometers into a southwestern direction.

• 出版日期2012-1-30