Browsing by Author "Ayaz, Dinçer"
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It takes two to tango - Phylogeography, taxonomy and hybridization in grass snakes and dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae: Natrix natrix, N. tessellata)
Asztalos, Marika; Ayaz, Dinçer; Bayrakçı, Yusuf; Afşar, Murat; Tok, Cemal Varol; Kindler, Carolin; Jablonski, Daniel; Fritz, Uwe (Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 2021)Using two mitochondrial DNA fragments and 13 microsatellite loci, we examined the phylogeographic structure and taxonomy of two codistributed snake species (Natrix natrix, N. tessellata) in their eastern distribution area, ... -
On the Brink of Extinction: Results of a 20-Year Quest for Eiselt's Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis eiselti) in Southeastern Turkey
Ayaz, Dinçer; Bayrakçı, Yusuf; Çiçek, Kerim; Ihlow, Flora; Tok, Cemal Varol; Fritz, Uwe (Chelonian Research Foundation, 2021)Eiselt’s pond turtle (Emys orbicularis eiselti) was described in 1998, based on only 4 museum specimens collected in the 1960s and 1970s. Its distribution range has been massively reduced by large-scale drainage measures ... -
Unsustainable harvest of water frogs in southern Turkey for the European market
Çiçek, Kerim; Ayaz, Dinçer; Afsar, Murat; Bayrakcı, Yusuf; Pekşen, Çiǧdem Akın; Cumhuriyet, Oǧuzkan; Tok, Cemal Varol (Cambridge University Press, 2021)Frogs have been harvested from the wild for the last 40 years in Turkey. We analysed the population dynamics of Anatolian water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) in the Seyhan and Ceyhan Deltas during 2013-2015. We marked a total ...
