Biodiversity of Cyprus by NGO Protection of the Natural Heritage and the Biodiversity of Cyprus

The rich and rare biodiversity in Cyprus. The Cyprus biodiversity includes 1908 plants, 780 seashells, 250 fishes, more than 7.000 insects, 410 birds including migratory, 31 mammals, 9 snakes, 11 lizards,three amphibians, 120 land snails, fungi estimated 5-8 thousandand and three turtles.These numbers continually increase as a result of researc. Also see All about Cyprus. From George Konstantinou. Email - fanigeorge@hotmail.com - Το υλικό της ιστοσελίδας αποτελεί πνευματική ιδιοκτησία.

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Carabus (Procrustes) anatolicus ssp. anatolicus Chaudoir 1857 - Cyprus

Family: Carabidae
Carabus anatolicus is a species of ground beetle from Carabidae family that can be found on Cyprus and in Near East. The black coloured species can also be found in Turkey.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The subspecies Carabus (Procrustes) anatolicus ssp. anatolicus is endemic to Cyprus.

Photos Rizokarpaso, 7/11/2015 by Michael Hadjiconstantis