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

Kansiz B., BÜLBÜL U., Muslu G., Sungur B., Ozkan H., SARIKURT S.

BIOLOGY BULLETIN, cilt.50, sa.SUPPL 4, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: SUPPL 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1134/s1062359023604172
  • Dergi Adı: BIOLOGY BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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, Bartin, and Karabuk 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 Turkiye 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 Turkiye, Georgia, Russia, and Armenia.