Published date: May 03 2018

Journal Title: KnE Life Sciences

Issue title: The Second International Conference on Amphibian and Reptiles Anomalies and Pathology

Pages: 108–116

DOI: 10.18502/kls.v4i3.2111

O D Nekrasovaoneks22@gmail.com

We used GIS modeling (DIVA-GIS, Maxent) to simulate the potential distribution of Zootoca  vivipara. For modeling, we used a database including information from our studies and literature, comprising 190 points of lizard samples (including 7 points for melanistic lizards). It can be concluded that the distribution of Z.  vivipara  in Ukraine depends on the following environmental variables related to solar radiation and precipitation: “Radiation of wettest quarter” (BIO24; 34.2%), “Precipitation of driest week” (BIO14; 18.1%), “Lowest weekly radiation” (BIO22; 15.7%) and “Mean diurnal temperature range” (BIO2; 12.8%). For habitats where melanistic lizards were found, “Mean moisture index of coldest quarter” (BIO35; 18.9%) was also significant in addition to BIO24 (50.4%) and BIO22 (17.3%).

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