Records of common species of amphibians and reptiles widespread in northern, central, western and southern Ukraine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dataset includes records of amphibian and reptile species from northern, central, western and southern Ukraine made by Ukrainian herpetologist O. D. Nekrasova during her field trips in the period from 1996 to 2022. Chosen species were not included in the latest published edition of the Red Data Book of Ukraine (2009) and in the latest lists of such species prepared in 2019. The species mentioned in this dataset are characterised by wide range within the country, covering more than 70% of its territory according to spatial distribution modelling (GIS-modelling) made with the help of Maxent software.

New information

The dataset highlights records of eight common species of herpetofauna of Ukraine collected by the first author for the last 26 years. Within the pe

SUBMITTER: Nekrasova O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10848563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature