Three new country records of colubrid snakes (Squamata, Colubridae) for the Republic of Kosovo

By

Grapci Kotori, Linda
Geci, Donard
Ibrahimi, Halil
Bilalli, Astrit
Musliu, Milaim
Sherwood, Danniella

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-12

Original Publication

Herpetozoa

Volume

38

Pages

241--244

Subjects

Balkans , Balkans , Balkans , Faunistics , Fieldwork , Reptile , snake

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e162384

 

Abstract

Three new species of Colubridae are reported for the Republic of Kosovo for the first time in the published literature: Platyceps najadum (Eichwald, 1831), Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831), and Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758). Literature on bites from these genera is reviewed, and it is demonstrated that no new dangerously venomous snakes are recorded for Kosovo.