Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)

Oskyrko, Oleksandra & Jablonski, Daniel, 2021, The first comprehensive data on the distribution of reptiles within the Southern Bug eco-corridor, Ukraine, Herpetozoa 34, pp. 97-114 : 97

Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)

Number of records.

26 (2.6% of the data).

Number of grid cells.

Nine (3% of the entire grid; Table 1 ; Figs 5 , 8F ).

New localities.

Near the villages Sebine (47.15°N, 31.85°E), Novohryhorivka (47.11°N, 31.76°E), Kamyana Balka (47.06°N, 31.81°E) and Trihati (47.10°N, 31.87°E; Fig. 10C )

Comments.

Density of this species seems relatively low in this oblast ( Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005). In Ukraine the northern border of the range of this species is south of the city of Mykolaiv ( Böhme et al. 2009). The species was reported from near Ochakov, on the Kinburn Spit and within Mykolaiv ( Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005; Dovzhenko 2013). Our observations were made 60-80 km north of the previous reports. Two records were from the left bank of the South Bug River, versus 16 from the right (Fig. 10C ).

Figures

Figure 5. Distribution of (species) within the Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukraine), based on localities (left; white circles - literature and public database data, yellow circles - authors' data) and 10 km UTM grid (right; yellow squares - species recorded).

Figure 8. Representative pictures of species of herpetofauna: A. Emys orbicularis, juvenile, Hrushivka; B. Eremias arguta, Balovne; C. Lacerta agilis, Voznesensk; D. Lacerta viridis, juvenile, Kuripchyne; E. Lacerta viridis, male (front) and female, Voznesensk; F. Podarcis tauricus, Novohryhorivka. Photographs by D. Shyriaieva (A), O. Oskyrko (B, C, D, E, F).

Figure 10. Representative habitats for the herpetofauna in the Mykolaiv Oblast: A. habitat of Coronella austriaca near the village of Zaichevsk; B. habitat of Zamenis longissimus near the village of Grushivka; C. habitat of Podarcis tauricus near the village of Trykhaty; D. Buzk's Gard National Nature Park. Photographs by V. Strenada (A), O. Oskyrko (B, C, D).