Late Pleistocene Squamate Reptiles from the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia)

  • Dragana Đurić Natural History Museum, Njegoševa 51, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Katarina Bogićević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
  • Dragana Petrović Ljube Stojanovića 34, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Draženko Nenadić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Regional Geology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP1778023D
Keywords: squamata reptiles, snakes, Elaphe, Late Pleistocene, Serbia, Coronella

Abstract

The Late Pleistocene layers (2–4) of the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia) contain rich and diverse vertebrate fauna, as well as several Palaeolithic artefacts. The squamate reptile fauna contains three lizard and six ophidian (snakes) taxa (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae indet., Anguis fragilis, Zamenis cf. longissimus, Coronella austriaca, Coronella cf. austriaca, cf. Natrix sp., Vipera cf. berus, Vipera sp.). This is only the second of Late Pleistocene herpeto fauna described from Serbia. It consists of the forms mainly characteristic for cold and temperate semi-open regions.

 

Published
2017-12-18
How to Cite
Đurić, D., Bogićević, K., Petrović, D. and Nenadić, D. (2017) “Late Pleistocene Squamate Reptiles from the Baranica Cave near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia)”, Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 78(1), pp. 23-35. doi: 10.2298/GABP1778023D.
Issue
Vol 78 No 1 (2017): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
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Original Scientific Paper

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