Bert Vandebosch wrote:already in 2006, Matt Wilson and also some Dutch people described both species of Dolichophis for Kos for the first time. This year Matt and Carl confirmed it again. In Kalymnos only caspius has been found so far... I saw one caspius on Kalymnos this year.
There are probably a lot of things we can still discover on that island. Hemorrhois nummifer is by my knowledge only known from a specimen that was first wrongly determined as a young Elaphe quatorlineata long time ago. Trachylepis aurata is so called known from one museum specimen, collected maybe 100 years ago. Pelobates needs a bit more confirmation. Eirenis might be present, etc....
Author: Cattaneo, A.
Year of publication: 2005
Title: OBSERVATIONS ON THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE GREEK ISLAND OF KOS (SOUTHERN SPORADES) WITH AN UNPUBLISHED CASE OF MICRO-INSULAR SYMPATRY OF TWO CLOSELY RELATED COLUBRIDAE SPECIES: HIEROPHIS CASPIUS (GMELIN) AND HIEROPHIS JUGULARIS (L.)
Journal: Atti Mus. Stor. nat. Maremma, 21: 79-91
Abstract: Observations on the herpetofauna of the greek island of Kos are reported in the present paper. The presence of Hierophis caspius is reported and an hypothesis is presented on the spatial and trophic divergence between this species and closely related Hierophis jugularis. On Kos, the population of the last species does not seem to present young/adult dichromatism and the main ventral colour stays red at all ages; the typical “asianus” phenotype thus was not found on the island. Both H. caspius and H. jugularis specimens caught showed the habit of swallowing parts of the nests of the rodents preyed upon. H. jugularis was observed following the perimeter of man-made structures (low walls, fences or man-made paths) to fi nd a mating partner. The presence of Bufo bufo on the island is reported and the local population of Lacerta trilineata is attributed to the cariensis Peters subspecies. This big lizard as well as Pseudopus apodus are both rare on Kos and thus should be ecologically compatible.
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Mario Schweiger wrote:Trachylepis aurata is reported by Clark, 1972 (sorry, dont have the paper yet, but it is on the way )
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