COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE REPTILES OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5031 THE REPTILES OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

General information about reptiles. Classification and some taxonomical concepts of reptiles. Principal characteristics of tortoises-turtles and their classification. Morphological, ecological, biological properties of the species of Emydidae, Testudinidae, Cheloniidae and Trionychidae families inhabited in Turkey and geographic distributions. Principal characteristics of lizards and their classification. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the lizard families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions. Principal characteristics of snakes and their classification. Differences between venomous and non-venemous snakes, venomous snakes and their venoms. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the snake families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions. Doing the collection of reptiles and the methods of keeping alive. Conservation status of reptile species inhabited in Turkey with respect to international conventions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn studies related to Turkish reptile species
2   To understand the importance of the studies related to Turkish reptiles
3   To research database on Turkish reptiles and to express data obtained from database by oral or documental
4   Understanding biogeographic features of reptiles
5   To learn conservation status of reptiles

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about reptiles
2 Classification and some taxonomical concepts of reptiles
3 Principal characteristics of tortoises-turtles and their classification. Morphological, ecological, biological properties of the species of Emydidae, Testudinidae, Cheloniidae and Trionychidae families inhabited in Turkey and geographic distributions
4 Principal characteristics of lizards and their classification. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the lizard families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions Pholidosis, Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Eublepharidae
5 Principal characteristics of lizards and their classification. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the lizard families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae
6 Principal characteristics of lizards and their classification. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the lizard families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions Lacertidae, Scincidae, Varanidae
7 Principal characteristics of snakes and their classification. Differences between venomous and non-venemous snakes, venomous snakes and their venoms. Morphological, ecological and biological properties of the snake families inhabited in Turkey and their geographic distributions
8 Mid-term exam
9 Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae and Boidae
10 Colubridae, Viperidae and Elapidae
11 Doing the collection of reptiles and the methods of keeping alive
12 Conservation status of reptile species inhabited in Turkey with respect to international conventions.
13 Biotic and abiotic factors
14 General discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- Baran, I., M. K. Atatür, Türkiye Herpetofaunası (Kurbağa ve Sürüngenler). Çevre Bakanlığı, Ankara, 214 pp., 1998.
- Başoğlu, M., Baran,I., Türkiye Sürüngenleri Kısım I Kaplumbağa ve Kertenkeleler. Ilker Matbaası, Izmir, 1997.
- Başoğlu, M., Baran,I., Türkiye Sürüngenleri Kısım II.Yılanlar Ege Üniv. Basımevi, Izmir, 1998.
- Baran, I., llgaz, Ç., Avcı, A., Kumlutaş, Y., Olgun, K.,Türkiye Amfibi ve Sürüngenleri, TÜBITAK, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Yusuf KUMLUTAŞ
yusuf.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 14:00 / 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 6 6 36
Preparing presentations 2 6 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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