First record of the Marginated Tortoise,Testudo marginata,in Turkey |
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| Authors: | Carsten Brinckmeier Frank Bode Arndt Hampe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Ederweg 6, D–3527 , Calden 1 , West Germany;2. Hauptstr. 37, D–3527 , Calden-Maimbressen , West Germany;3. Hellerberg 1, D–3510 , Hann , West GermanyMünden 22 (Oberode) |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The Marginated Tortoise is recorded for the first time from Turkey, from the delta of the Küçük Menderes River which is less than 250 km away from the closest known area in Greece. The question of whether the specimen might have been transported to Turkey by man is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Testudines conservation species introduction Turkey Aegean region zoogeography |
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