Herpetofauna of Başkomutan National Historical Park (Kocatepe department)

In this study, it was aimed to determine the herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles fauna) of Kocatepe Section of Başkomutan Historical National Park which is placed within Afyonkarahisar province border in the inner-western part of Aegean Region. For this, the specimens were collected from the study area between March and July of 2009 year. The collected specimens were evaluated by their morphologic characteristics such as pholidosis, color-pattern, body measurements and their ratios, and their characteristics were compared with the data previously reported. The photographs of the specimens representing each species were taken. Additionally, some bio-ecological observations belonged to the collected specimens were also described.According to the results obtained from the study, it was diagnosed totally 19 species, 5 amphibians and 14 reptilians, belonged to herpetofauna in the study area. The amphibians were Triturus karelini, Pseudepidalea viridis, Hyla arborea, Pelophylax ridibundus, Rana macrocnemis; and the reptilians were Emys orbicularis, Testudo graeca, Cyrtopodion kotschyi, Laudakia stellio, Anatololacerta danfordi, Parvilacerta parva, Lacerta trilineata, Ophisops elegans, Trachlepis vittata, Typhlops vermicularis, Dolichophis caspius, Platyceps najadum, Natrix natrix, Natrix tesellata.Keywords: Başkomutan Historical National Park, Herpetofauna, Frog, Turtle, Lizard, Snake.