Short communication, Note

Reptile survey in Dinara Mountain (Croatia) revealed the southernmost known population of Horvath’s rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi)

Anamarija Žagar orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-417X ; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Miguel A. Carretero ; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Miha Krofel ; Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martina Lužnik ; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
Martina Podnar ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Nikola Tvrtković ; Natura, Society of Nature Protection, Croatia

Abstract

The article presents results from a reptile survey conducted between 14 and 16 June 2013 in a montane and subalpine belt of the western part of Dinara Mountain in Croatia. The most interesting result is the southernmost finding of Horvath’s Rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi). In the survey area we also recorded eight other reptile species: Anguis fragilis, Lacerta agilis, L. viridis sensu lato, Podarcis muralis, P. melissellensis, Coronella austriaca, Zamenis longissimus, and Vipera ammodytes.

Keywords

reptiles; Horvath’s Rock lizard; Iberolacerta horvathi; Dinara Mt.; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

122581

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/122581

Publication date:

30.6.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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