Early Pleistocene reptile fauna from Kozi Grzbiet in the Holy Cross Mts

Abstract

The Cromerian reptile fauna from Kozi Grzbiet locality in the Holy Cross Mts, Central Poland, contains two forms new for the Polish herpetofauna, viz. Palaeomalpolon borealis, gen. et sp. n. (Colubridae), and Vipera aff. ammodytes (Viperidae), associated with the following reptiles: Lacerta agilis, Lacerta cf. viridis, Anguis fragilis, Elaphe longissima, Coronella austriaca, Natrix natrix, and Vipera berus. The Pleistocene through Recent changes in the reptile fauna of Poland are discussed subsequently.