| Titre : | Zoology in the Middle East 62(1) - January, 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/01/2016 |
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Article
Ali Turk Qashqaei, Auteur ;
Faraham Ahmadzadeh, Auteur ;
Ayoob Sharifi, Auteur ;
L. Elizabeth Gray, Auteur ;
Aliasghar Zarei, Auteur
Article
Parvaneh Safdarian, Auteur ;
Fatemeh Todehdehghan, Auteur ;
Vida Hojati, Auteur ;
Abdolhossein Shiravi, Auteur
The Iranian Mountain Viper, Montivipera albicornuta, is a venomous snake endemic to Iran. We compared the seasonal cycle of testicular activity of 74 male specimens during a one-year period in two cold mountain climate habitats: Tarom (in Zanjan[...]
Article
Kerim Cicek, Auteur ;
Meltem Kumas, Auteur ;
Dincer Ayaz, Auteur ;
Cemal Varol Tok, Auteur
We estimated growth parameters of Emys orbicularis and Mauremys rivulata in Mediterranean Turkey with the skeletochronological method, using specimens drowned in fyke nets. In adult E. orbicularis, the median age was 8 years in males and 10 year[...]
Article
Seyed Babak Musavi, Auteur ;
Ali Khani, Auteur ;
Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Auteur ;
Magnus Robb, Auteur
Although the Omani Owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) was previously reported from southern Iran, this note details the first confirmed records of this species from Mashhad (Khorasan) and Jam (Bushehr) in 2015, after recent revision of the tax[...]
Article
Zuhair S. Amr, Auteur ;
Magnus S. Robb, Auteur ;
Joao M. G. Nunes, Auteur ;
Mohammad A. Abu Baker, Auteur ;
Alyn Walsh, Auteur
The diet of the Omani Owl, Strix butleri, was studied for the first time based on re- cently collected pellets. A total of 22 individual prey items represented three mam- mals (all rodents), at least two undetermined gecko species and one scorpi[...]
Article
Sina Anushiravani, Auteur ;
Davoud Fadakar, Auteur ;
Zahra Sepehri Roshan, Auteur ;
Hamid-Reza Rezaei, Auteur
The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small migratory falcon which nests coloni- ally on inland cliffs and ruined buildings. Bandar Turkman city holds one of the most important breeding colonies in Iran. It nests in holes in roofs, walls or o[...]
