Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 28 No.1

Novi herpetofaunistički podaci s otoka Cresa, Hrvatska

Authors: Peter Geissler, Markus Grabert

Authors and affiliation

  • Peter Geissler Museum Natur und Mensch, Freiburg, Gerberau 32, 79098 Freiburg, Germany
  • Markus Grabert State Natural History Museum Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract

We provide new and supplementary data on the distribution and natural history of reptiles on the island of Cres: Dalmatolacerta oxycephala (range extension of an alien introduced population); Emys orbicularis hellenica (status of the population in the southwestern parts of Cres); Hemidactylus turcicus (first record after 38 years); Trachemys scripta elegans (first record on Cres).

Keywords

Dalmatolacerta oxycephala, Emys orbicularis hellenica, Hemidactylus turcicus, Trachemys scripta elegans, Cres Island, Croatia, new records, natural history