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Research Article
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Contribution to the knowledge of distribution and diversity of lacertid
lizards in Serbia
ALEKSANDAR UROŠEVIĆ1, KATARINA LJUBISAVLJEVIĆ2, LJILJANA TOMOVIĆ3, IMRE
KRIZMANIĆ4, RASTKO AJTIĆ5, ALEKSANDAR SIMOVIĆ6, NENAD LABUS7, DANKO JOVIĆ8,
ANA GOLUBOVIĆ9, MARKO ANĐELKOVIĆ10 & GEORG DŽUKIĆ11
1
University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000
Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: aurosevic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs, corresponding author.
2
University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000
Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: katarina.ljubisavljevic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
3
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: lili@bio.bg.ac.rs
4
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail:
krizmanic.imre@bio.bg.ac.rs
5
Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: rastko@mail.ru
6
Serbian Herpetological Society “Milutin Radovanović”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. Email: alexandar.simovic@gmail.com
7
University of Priština, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Biology Department, Lole Ribara 29, 38220 Kosovska
Mitrovica, Serbia. E-mail: nenad.labus@gmail.com
8
Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Vožda Karađorđa 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia. E-mail: dankojovic@gmail.com
9
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail:
golubovic.ana@bio.bg.ac.rs
10
University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000
Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: marko.andjelkovic@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
11
University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000
Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: georg.dzukic@gmail.com
Received 5 April 2015 │ Accepted 16 April 2015 │ Published online 18 April 2015.
Citation: Urošević A, Ljubisavljević K, Tomović Lj, Krizmanić I, Ajtić R, Simović A, Labus N, Jović D,
Golubović A, Anđelković M, Džukić G (2015) Contribution to the knowledge of distribution and diversity of
lacertid lizards in Serbia. Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (3), 197-227.
Abstract
In this study, we present updated distributional data for all Serbian lacertids, having taken into account the available
previously published information, and the so far unpublished authors’ field records and evidence from other sources.
According to our current knowledge, eight lacertid species inhabit Serbia. Analysis of lacertid diversity within the
country showed that biogeographic regions with highest species diversity are Metohija (eight species) and Kosovo
(seven species). Regions in Serbia are mutually similar concerning lacertid faunas (average Bray-Curtis dissimilarity
index is 0.82). Comparative analysis of lacertid faunas among all Balkan countries showed that Serbian lacertid fauna is
the most similar to those of Albania and the FYR of Macedonia, and then to faunas of Romania and Bulgaria.
Zoogeographic analysis showed that Serbian lacertids belong to three distinct chorotypes, with the East-Mediterranean
being the richest (four species). Generally, diversity of lacertids in Serbia is most strongly determined by topographic
diversity, habitat heterogeneity, and climatic peculiarities, with the inflow of the sub-Mediterranean climate along
several river valleys in the south being especially important. This paper is intended to serve as a basis for further
research, since data on distribution of lacertid species in Serbia are far from complete, with large distributional gaps of
recorded species and with unconfirmed presence of two species.
Key words: Lacertidae, distribution, diversity, zoogeography, Republic of Serbia.
Ecol. Mont., 2 (3), 2015, 197-227