Original scientific paper
First data on the fauna of amphibians and reptiles of the lower Una River and its coastal area
Dušan Jelić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2790-1522
Dean Karaica
Abstract
With this paper the authors wanted to gather more information about the presence of reptilian and amphibian species in the area of lower Una River and its surroundings. For this purpose field surveys in the form of active searching in promising places was conducted on four separate occasions in 2009. Here we present the list of 10 amphibian species (plus one klepton) and 7 reptile species recorded during the course of our study. 11 of these, all together 18 taxa, are in the strictly protected and 7 of them are in the protected category according to the Croatian Nature Protection Act.
Keywords
Amphibia; Reptilia; herpetofauna; Una River; protection; conservation
Hrčak ID:
116938
URI
Publication date:
1.2.2012.
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