Habitat Preferences of the Anatolian Banded Newt, Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005) and the Caucasian Banded Newt, Ommatotriton ophryticus (Berthold, 1846)

In order to observe the habitats of the Anatolian banded newt ( Ommatotriton nesterovi ), field studies were carried out in a total of 11 different localities in Samsun, Zonguldak, Bartın, and Karabük provinces, and 12 ones in Trabzon and Rize provinces for the Caucasian banded newt ( Ommatotriton o...

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Published in:Biology bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2023-12, Vol.50 (Suppl 4), p.S655-S667
Main Authors: Batuhan Kansız, Bülbül, Ufuk, Muslu, Gizem, Sungur, Busegül, Özkan, Hatice, Sarıkurt, Sema
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
altitude
Armenia
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
bulls
Cell Biology
Ecology
forests
Habitat preferences
habitats
Life Sciences
Ommatotriton ophryticus
Russia
salamanders and newts
solar radiation
species
Turkey (country)
White people
Zoology
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Summary:In order to observe the habitats of the Anatolian banded newt ( Ommatotriton nesterovi ), field studies were carried out in a total of 11 different localities in Samsun, Zonguldak, Bartın, and Karabük provinces, and 12 ones in Trabzon and Rize provinces for the Caucasian banded newt ( Ommatotriton ophryticus ). MaxEnt modeling was performed in order to test the compatibility of the information obtained in field studies with the results obtained as a result of modeling. The coordinate data from of a total of 95 separate localities belonging to the O. nesterovi that exist in the literature and were obtained in this study, and 43 ones belonging to the O. ophryticus were used. When the data obtained from field observations and modeling in this study are evaluated together, it is understood that the Anatolian banded newt endemic to Türkiye chooses places with lower altitude and areas with lower slopes and forest that do not receive much direct sunlight takes an important place in the habitat preference of this species compared to the Caucasian banded newt distributed in Türkiye, Georgia, Russia, and Armenia.
ISSN:1062-3590
1608-3059
DOI:10.1134/S1062359023604172