The morphological characteristics of a terrapin Emys orbicularis (Lineaus, 1758) from National park Krka

Barska kornjača - Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) je monotipska vrsta kornjača (Wermuth & Mertens 1961; Ernst & Barbour 1989), koja nastanjuje veći dio Europe, te dijelove Azije i Afrike. Jedna je od dvije vrste iz porodice Emydidae (Emys orbicularis i E. trinacris) s palearktičkom rasprostranjenošću (Fritz i sur. 2005). Ulovljeno je trideset i devet jedinki vrste Emys orbicularis hellenica na području Nacionalnog parka Krke (15 mužjaka i 24 ženki) koje su uspoređene s muzejskim jedinkama s Paga (12 ženki). Ovim radom su prikazane sve izmjerene morfološke značajke podvrste Emys orbicularis hellenica, kako bi se utvrdila prisutnost spolnog dimorfizma i razlike između populacije iz NP Krke i s Paga. Uz to, definirana je točna distribucija dviju podvrsta E. orbicularis orbicularis i E. orbicularis hellenica u Hrvatskoj.Terrapin Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) is a monotypic species (Wermuth & Mertens 1961; Ernst & Barbour 1989), inhabiting most of Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. It is one of the two species of the Emydidae family (Emys orbicularis and E. trinacris) with palearctic distribution (Fritz et al 2005). A total of thirty-nine individual species of Emys orbicularis hellenica from the area of the National Park Krka were measured (15 males and 24 females) and compared to the museum individuals of Pag (12 females). This thesis presents all measured morphological features of Emys orbicularis hellenica in order to determine the presence of sexual dimorphism and the differences between populations from NP Krka and Pag. In addition, the exact distribution between two subspecies E. orbicularis orbicularis i E. orbicularis hellenica in Croatia is defined