Kratko priopćenje

https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.2

First evidence of the expansion of Podarcis siculus (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Pannonian Plain, Croatia

Marija Kovačević ; Poloje 6, 34310 Pleternica, Croatia *
Nikola Tvrtković ; Alagovićeva 21, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

A newly established population of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus has been found in Slavonski Brod. The new site is the easternmost habitat of this species in continental Croatia. Anthropogenic habitats and anthropochorous colonisation along with climate change may be the key factors behind the expansion of this species. Due to the expected colonisation of new habitats, genetic lineage identification, population monitoring and risk assessment of further expansion are recommended. A possible colonisation of the southern foothills of the Pannonian mountains poses a potential danger to the local lizard fauna, especially the relict Ablepharus kitaibelii population.

Ključne riječi

Podarcis siculus; population expansion; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

330064

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/330064

Datum izdavanja:

31.7.2025.

Posjeta: 351 *