Natrix tessellata Laurenti, 1768

Oskyrko, Oleksandra & Jablonski, Daniel, 2021, The first comprehensive data on the distribution of reptiles within the Southern Bug eco-corridor, Ukraine, Herpetozoa 34, pp. 97-114 : 97

Natrix tessellata Laurenti, 1768

Number of records.

55 (6% of the data).

Number of grid cells.

32 (10.8% of the entire grid; Table 1 ; Figs 6 , 9B ).

Comments.

This species is common in Mykolaiv ( Kotenko et al. 2011), but has a scattered distribution, found mostly around the Southern Bug River valley ( Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005; Nekrasova 2013; Sillero et al. 2014). We also observed this species along the entire valley of the Southern Bug River.

Figures

Figure 6. Distribution of (species) within the Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukraine), based on localities (left; white circles - literature and public database data, yellow circles - authors' data) and 10 km UTM grid (right; yellow squares - species recorded).

Figure 9. Representative pictures of species of herpetofauna: A. Natrix natrix, Migia; B. Natrix tessellata, Yuzhnoukrainsk; C. Coronella austriaca, Mykolaiv; D. Dolichophis caspius, juvenile, Mykolaiv; E. Elaphe sauromates, valley of the Inhul River; F. Zamenis longissimus, Migia. Photographs by S. Lehkyy (A, B), V. Strenada (C, D, E, F).