The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidence
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Here, we...
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2011-06-01
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| author | Samuel Pinya Miguel A. Carretero |
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Here, we update the current list of amphibian and reptile fauna present in the Balearic Islands, probably the most outstanding case in the Mediterranean and of the most in the world where massive species introduction is in conflict with the survivorship of highly endemic taxa. Resulting of a long term evolution in insularity, endemic herpetofauna was already decimated during the Pleistocene but, after the human colonisation of the archipelago, the introduction of alien species, passive or deliberate, has been provoking new extinctions and range retractions in the native herpetofauna. Such process is not interrupted but has even intensified during the last years. The current species list is composed by five amphibians (one native) and 21 reptiles (2 native). A critical review of the evidence on extinctions and introductions is provided together with the conservation implications. Compared to the last review (Mayol, 1985) six new reptile species are now naturalised or are in process of naturalization, colubrid snakes constituting the most dangerous element due to its predator role. </span></span></span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a52eca3d528b4413b5bd6b98c8a32e742022-12-22T00:40:56ZengFirenze University PressActa Herpetologica1827-96351827-96432011-06-0161The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidenceSamuel PinyaMiguel A. Carretero<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Here, we update the current list of amphibian and reptile fauna present in the Balearic Islands, probably the most outstanding case in the Mediterranean and of the most in the world where massive species introduction is in conflict with the survivorship of highly endemic taxa. Resulting of a long term evolution in insularity, endemic herpetofauna was already decimated during the Pleistocene but, after the human colonisation of the archipelago, the introduction of alien species, passive or deliberate, has been provoking new extinctions and range retractions in the native herpetofauna. Such process is not interrupted but has even intensified during the last years. The current species list is composed by five amphibians (one native) and 21 reptiles (2 native). A critical review of the evidence on extinctions and introductions is provided together with the conservation implications. Compared to the last review (Mayol, 1985) six new reptile species are now naturalised or are in process of naturalization, colubrid snakes constituting the most dangerous element due to its predator role. </span></span></span></p>http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/9152 |
| spellingShingle | Samuel Pinya Miguel A. Carretero The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidence Acta Herpetologica |
| title | The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidence |
| title_full | The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidence |
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| title_short | The Balearic herpetofauna: A species update and a review on the evidence |
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