Spilaio Krokodeilos

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Xanthi,
Municipality: Xanthi,
Closest Settlement: Stavroupoli
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Aizpurua et al. 2018, Aizpurua et al. 2018, Georgiakakis et al. 2023, Moulistanos et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837), Alberdi et al. 2020, Georgiakakis et al. 2023, Moulistanos et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853, Georgiakakis et al. 2023, Moulistanos et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Cave references
  • Nikoloudakis I., Paragkamian S., Paragamian, K. 2011. Speleological researches at the Municipal Unit of Stavroupoli (Municipality of Xanthi). Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research, 28 p.
Species references
  • Aizpurua O, Budinski I, Georgiakakis P, Hugo M, Gopalakrishnan S, Iba C, Szodoray-par DRF, Vida Z, Gilbert MTP, Alberdi A. 2018. Agriculture shapes the trophic niche of a bat preying on multiple pest arthropods across Europe: Evidence from DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology, 27(3), 815–825. doi:10.1111/mec.14474
  • Alberdi A, Razgour O, Aizpurua O, Novella-Fernandez R, Aihartza J, Budinski I, Garin I, Ibáñez C, Izagirre E, Rebelo H, Russo D, Vlaschenko A, Zhelyazkova V, Zrnčić V, Gilbert MTP. 2020. DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats. Nature Communications 11(1):1–8.
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Moulistanos A, Chatzoglou G, Karaiskou N, Gkagkavouzis K, Minoudi S, Papoulidis I, Alivizatos C, Panagiotopoulou M, Youlatos D, Tsaktsira M, Triantafyllidis A, Scaltsoyiannes A. 2023. Genetic diversity of bat species in the cross-border area of Greece and Bulgaria. Journal of Biological Research – Thessaloniki, 30:6 https://doi.org/10.26262/jbrt.v30i0.9024
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Krokodeilos, Stavroupoli, Xanthi, Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 17.12.2023, Accessed 08.02.2026