The first comprehensive data on the distribution of reptiles within the Southern Bug eco-corridor, Ukraine Author Oskyrko, Oleksandra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-4193 NGO " Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group " (UNCG), Gogol 40, 08600, Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, Ukraine & Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, 12844, Prague, Czech Republic sashaoskirko@gmail.com Author Jablonski, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0114 Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia text Herpetozoa 2021 2021-04-26 34 97 114 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e62459 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e62459 2682-955X-34-97 7C6C7F1395FD5892B66F1288D83491E9 06224CAD-47EC-45DF-BFD4-B50B46DA92F8 Emys orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 Numbers of records. 95 (10.3% of the data). Number of grid cells. 41 (13.8% of the entire grid; Table 1 ; Figs 4 , 8A ). Comments. Widely distributed in the steppe zone of Ukraine, most abundant in the deltas of big rivers ( Kotenko 2000 ). Most records are concentrated along the Southern Bug River valley. Known from the territory of the Buzk's Gard National Nature Park (near Migia, Yuzhnoukrainsk), Kinburn Spit and near the city of Mykolaiv ( Kotenko 2000 ; Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005 ; Sillero et al. 2014 ). Isolated observations from different parts of the Mykolaiv Oblast ( Kotenko 2000 ; Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005 ). Although all our records represent new localities, they fall within the areas where these turtles were previously known. Figure 4. Distribution of (species) within the Mykolaiv Oblast (Ukraine), based on localities (left; white circles - literature and public database data, yellow circles - authors' data) and 10 km UTM grid (right; yellow squares - species recorded).