Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata (Squamata: Lacertidae): a new species for the Serbian herpetofauna
2022
Authors:
Anđelković, MarkoLakušić, Margareta
Bjelica, Vukašin
Maričić, Marko
Danon, Gorana
Urošević, Aleksandar
Tomović, Ljiljana
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Article (Published version)
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In Serbia, the southern and south-eastern parts of the country have the highest diversity of Reptile fauna. Due to the Mediterranean influence that is spreading across the North Macedonia to the north, some Mediterranean Reptile species have been recorded in Serbia, but there is a possibility that there are still unregistered ones. Concerning the importance of this part of Serbia, intensive faunistic research was done, which resulted in the discovery of L. trilineata, a new species for the herpetofauna of Serbia, in several localities. At each of explored localities, we found only one or few individuals of L. trilineata. This result lays the foundation for future population and conservation research of L. trilineata on the margins of its distribution.
Keywords:
Lacerta; Lacertidae; first record; distribution; marginal populationSource:
Herpetology Notes, 2022, 15, 2022, 211-214Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Environment of Serbia and Institute for Nature Conservation (grant No. JN 18/2020)
- FCT (ref. 2020.04790. BD)
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200007 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković') (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200007)
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200178 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200178)