Original scientific paper

Biodiversity of herpetofauna of the Prenj and Čvrsnica Mts. (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Emina Šunje orcid.org/0000-0003-3050-8545 ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Adnan Zimić ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Boris Stjepanović ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Benjamin Jusić ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Mirza Čengić ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Maja Bradarić ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Saudin Merdan ; Herpetological Association in Bosnia and Hercegovina ATRA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Abstract

Herpetological research of the Prenj and Čvrsnica mountains has a relatively long tradition, but not enough scientific attention was devoted to them. Literature data on herpetofauna of Prenj and Čvrsnica is old, sporadic and rare. The aim of this research was to collect all data on the herpetofauna for the given mountains and determine the importance of the area for the herpetofaunal biodiversity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B-H). The analysis of data showed that the area of Prenj and Čvrsnica is inhabited by 11 species of amphibians (55 % of the total number of amphibians in B-H) and 24 species of reptiles (82.7% of the total number of reptiles in B-H) which differ in vertical and horizontal distribution. The registered biodiversity is extremely high and is a consequence of the geographical position of these mountains which border the Mediterranean climate zone in B-H.

Keywords

distribution; submediterranean; amphibians; reptiles; biodiversity

Hrčak ID:

132955

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/132955

Publication date:

26.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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