Short communication, Note

Record of a melanistic Dalmatian Algyroides, Algyroides nigropunctatus (Duméril & Bibron 1839) (Squamata, Lacertidae), on the Island of Corfu, Greece

Aleksandar Urošević

Abstract

In this short note, the author presents a record of a melanistic juvenile Dalmatian Algyroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus) in the village of Dassia on the Greek island of Corfu, with the in situ voucher photos. According to the existing literature, melanistic specimens of the Dalmatian Algyroides were recorded only in the north of the species’ range – on the island of Krk (Croatia) and in the village of Dragonja (Slovenia). This is one of the rare reported cases of melanism in Dalmatian Algyroides, and the first record of melanism in the southern part of this species’ distribution range.

Keywords

Melanism; Lacertidae; Algyroides nigropunctatus; Corfu

Hrčak ID:

127516

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/127516

Publication date:

26.9.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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