Late Pleistocene Squamate Reptiles from the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia)
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Đurić, Dragana
The Late Pleistocene layers (2–4) of the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia) contain rich and diverse vertebrate fauna, as well as several Palaeolithic artefacts. The squamate reptile fauna contains three lizard and six ophidian (snakes) taxa (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae indet., Anguis fragilis, Zamenis cf. longissimus, Coronella austriaca, Coronella cf. austriaca, cf. Natrix sp., Vipera cf. berus, Vipera sp.). This is only the second of Late Pleistocene herpetofauna described from Serbia. It consists of the forms mainly characteristic for cold and temperate semi-open regions.
Цитирање: Đurić, Dragana et al., “Late Pleistocene Squamate Reptiles from the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia)” у Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva(78).
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University of Belgrade – Faculty of Mining and Geology,Department of Regional Geology and Department of Palaeontology
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Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
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squamate reptiles
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snakes
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Coronella
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Late Pleistocene
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Serbia
Abstract
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The Late Pleistocene layers (2–4) of the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia) contain rich and diverse vertebrate fauna, as well as several Palaeolithic artefacts. The squamate reptile fauna contains three lizard and six ophidian (snakes) taxa (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae indet., Anguis fragilis, Zamenis cf. longissimus, Coronella austriaca, Coronella cf. austriaca, cf. Natrix sp., Vipera cf. berus, Vipera sp.). This is only the second of Late Pleistocene herpetofauna described from Serbia. It consists of the forms mainly characteristic for cold and temperate semi-open regions.
