Publication: Evidence of use of road drainage culverts by Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) in Western Andalusia
Authors
Delgado, Juan Domingo ; Gómez, María de los Ángeles
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Universidad de Murcia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.38.05
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Evidencia del uso de drenaje viario por Timon lepidus (Daudin,
1802) en Andalucía occidental
El uso de estructuras de drenaje viario y otros pasos inferiores potenciales
para reptiles se encuentra escasamente estudiado. En
esta nota presentamos una evidencia fotográfica de lagartos ocelados
(Timon lepidus) usando un conducto estrecho lineal de drenaje
bajo una carretera de tráfico intenso en Andalucía occidental (Sevilla).
Nuestros datos sugieren que los lagartos podrían estar usando
esta alternativa de desplazamiento contribuyendo a movimientos
entre hábitats de esta especie amenazada, disminuyendo el riesgo
de atropellos y mitigando los efectos de la fragmentación del hábitat.
Abstract Use of road drainage structures and other potential underpasses such as culverts by reptiles is scarcely studied. We present photographic evidence of Ocellated lizards (Timon lepidus) using a narrow, linear road drainage under an intense-traffic road in western Andalusia (Seville). Our finding suggests that lizards could benefit of using these alternative routes diminishing risks of road killing, and that even narrow culverts could be contributing to an inter-habitat displacement in this threatened lizard species by mitigating habitat fragmentation effects.
Abstract Use of road drainage structures and other potential underpasses such as culverts by reptiles is scarcely studied. We present photographic evidence of Ocellated lizards (Timon lepidus) using a narrow, linear road drainage under an intense-traffic road in western Andalusia (Seville). Our finding suggests that lizards could benefit of using these alternative routes diminishing risks of road killing, and that even narrow culverts could be contributing to an inter-habitat displacement in this threatened lizard species by mitigating habitat fragmentation effects.
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