Stawikowski, R. & Virgo, J. (2025) -  Mauereidechsen auf Rheinelbe in Gelsenkirchen – eine genetische Spurensuche. -  Feldherpetologisches Magazin 2025 (22): 154-159.   

Rogovin, K.A. & Semenov, D.V. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2001) -  Lizards of the northern Mongolian deserts: Densities and community structure. -  Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 113-121.   

Kordges, T. (2025) -  Ausgesetzte Amphibien und Reptilien im Botanischen Garten der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. -  Feldherpetologisches Magazin 2025 (22): 167-184.   

Rennack, M. & Hänel, K. & Menke, N. & Zucchi, H. (2025) -  Mikrohabitatnutzung verschiedener Altersklassen der Zauneidechse in der Emsaue bei Münster (NRW). -  Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 32 (1/2): 85-105.  

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Ein möglichst umfangreiches Verständnis der Mikrohabitatnutzung ist eine der wesentlichen Grundlagen, auf der ein zielgerichtetes Habitatmanagement fußt. Dabei bedarf es insbesondere bei weitverbreiteten Arten wie der Zauneidechse einer lebensund naturräumlich differenzierten Betrachtung. Da über die Mikrohabitatnutzvng verschiedener Altersklassen der Zauneidechse vergleichsweise wenig bekannt ist, war es das Ziel festzustellen, ob und inwiefern Unterschiede zwischen adulten, subadulten und juvenilen Tieren auftreten. 2022 und 2023 wurde die Mikrohabitatnutzung einer individuenstarken Zauneidechsen-Population in der Mtinsteraner Emsaue analysiert. Dazu wurden 216 Mikrohabitate kartiert und mithilfe verschiedener statistischer Verfahren (NMDS, Shannon-Diversiy-Index, Kruskal-Wallis- und Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney- Tests) ausgewertet. Die Analysen offenbarten, dass sich die Mikrohabitatnutzung verschiedener Altersklassen insbesondere in Bezugauf die Krautschicht, die Streu und das Totholz unterschied. Zauneidechsen nutzten mit zunehmendem Alter Bereiche mit höherer Krautschicht, größeren Totholz- und geringeren Streudeckungen. Zudem wiesen die genutzten Mikrohabitate im Vergleich zu Kontrollmikrohabitaten eine geringere Krautschicht- sowie größere Streu-, Totholz- und Offenbodendeckungen auf. Es konnte festgestellt werden, dass Zauneidechsen Mikrohabitate nutzten, die signifikant heterogener als ihr durchschnittliches Umfeld waren. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass das Management von Zauneidechsen-Habitaten auf die Entwicklung heterogener Mosaike diverser Strukturen abzielen sollte, die den Tieren in sämtlichen Lebensphasen geeignete Bedingungen bieten.

Uthleb, H. (2025) -  Die Mauereidechse Podarcis muralis (LAURENTI, 1768) in Thüringen. -  In: Amphibien und Reptilien in Thüringen. – Naturschutzreport Heft 31. S. 333-344.  

Mell, R. (1929) -  Beiträge zur Fauna Sinica. - IV. Grundzüge einer Ökologie der chinesischen Reptilien und einer herpetologischen Tiergeographie Chinas. -  Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig. 274 pp.   

Weng, S. & Chen, X. (2020) -  Preliminary resource survey of amphibians and reptiles in Huisun National Forest Recreation Area. -  Forestry Research Quarterly, 42 (4): 177-188.     

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Survey of natural resources is fundamental for biodiversity conservation, and is critical for monitoring species population and distribution to inform effective management. In this study, we conducted a preliminary survey on reptiles and amphibians in Hui-Sun Forest Recreation Area, and checked the existence of Amphiesma miyajimae, an endangered species that was recorded 20 years ago in the recreation area. Amphibians and reptiles were surveyed from July to August of 2019 by transect survey (including visual encounter method and audio strip transects), funnel traps, and survey of road-killed animals at four transects. Efficiency of different survey methods was compared and Chi-square test was used to test whether capturing efficiency of amphibians and reptiles was affected by funnel trap types (including single-ended funnel traps and double-ended funnel traps) and trap locations. We recorded 301 amphibians (4 family, 9 species) and 34 reptiles (10 family, 14 species). However, we did not find any sign of Amphiesma miyajimae. The most prominent survey method was visual encounter method, followed by audio strip transects. Trapping efficiency of single-end funnel traps and double-end funnel traps were not significantly different. Trapping locations did not affect trapping efficiency. Because the number of species caught by traps was low, the results may need further validation.

Elbing, K. & Nettmann, H.K. (2018) -  Lacerta bilineata silkerykenae ssp. nov., eine neue Unterart der Smaragdeidechsen aus Griechenland. -  Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen, 47/3: 705-710.  

Hoppmanns, H. & Braun-Lüllemann, J. (2025) -  Die Waldeidechse Zootoca vivipara (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823) in Thüringen. -  In: Amphibien und Reptilien in Thüringen. – Naturschutzreport Heft 31. S. 321-332.  

Hoppmanns, H. & Braun-Lüllemann, J. (2025) -  Die Zauneidechse Lacerta agilis LINNAEUS, 1758 in Thüringen. -  In: Amphibien und Reptilien in Thüringen. – Naturschutzreport Heft 31. S. 309-320.   

Shi, L. & Yang, J. & Hou, M.-Z. & Zhao, H. & Dong, B.-J. & Xiong, J.-L. & Wang, X.-J. & Wang, X.H (2007) -  Herpetological surveys of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. -  Sichuan J. Zool., 26 (4): 812-818. (in Chinesisch)   

Romero, J.M.L. (2025) -  Lagartijas azules (casi negras) de Ibiza en Berlín -  Diario de Ibiza, 30-03-2025  

Anderson, S.C. (1999) -  Acanthodactylus grandis Boulenger, 1909. -  In: Lizards of Iran. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.Oxford, Ohio: 203-205.   

Chang, Y.-M. & Juang, M.-H. & Sung, S.M. & Huang, Y.-S. & Lan, H.-W. &Yang, Z.Y. & Cheng, .-H. & Wu, J.-Y. & Wang, C.-W. (2018) -  The Herpetological Fauna of Taijiang National Park. -  J. Nat. Parks, 28 (2): 56-70.   

Calari, L. (1879) -  Sulla riproduzione di una doppia coda nelle lucertole e sullo scheletro del Platydactylus muralis Duméril e Bibron. -  Accademia delle scienze dell`Istituto di Bologna, 1879, 357-370.  

Wong, S.-W. & Chen, H.-L. (2020) -  Preliminary survey on reptiles and amphibians in Hui-Sun Forest Recreation Area -  For. Res. Qly., 42 (4): 177-188.   

Wang, Y. & Keller, A. (1994) -  The preliminary study on the competition of Phrynocephalus axillaris and E. velox on temporal niche and spatial niche in Turpan depression. -  Acta Herpetol. Sin, 3: 45-49.   

Malonza, P.K. & Bwong, B.A. (2023) -  Adolfus africanus (BOULENGER, 1906). -  In: Malonza, P.K. & B.A. Bwong (eds.): A Fiel Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Kenya. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 90: 279-281.  

Zhao, E. & Zhao, K. & Zhou, K. (1999) -  Fauna Sinica. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Squamata, Lacertilia. -  Science Press 394 pp. (In Chinesisch).   

Estimation of lizard density in Podarcis pityusensis island populations over time, with special attention to the correct naming of the islets.

Werner, F. (1903) -  Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gegenden. -  Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss., 12 (2): 343-384.   

Mirtl, J.J. & Truelock, Z.T. & Sargent, B.A. & Engbrecht, N.J. (2024) -  Podarcis muralis (Common Wall Lizard). USA: Indiana. -  Herpetological Review 55(2), 2024  

Zhao, K. (1985) -  An investigation of the lizards of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.  -  Acta Herpetologica Sinica, 4: 25–29 (In Chinese with English abstract)   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Timon tangitanus (BOULENGER, 1891).  -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 315-319.   

Yao, C. (1983) -  Lizards of Gansu province. -  Acta Herpetologica Sinica, 2: 66–67. (In Chinese)   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Scelarcis perspicillata (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 310-314.  

Cruz, F. de la (2023) -  Even darker: a case of complete melanism in Podarcis pityusensis from Na Gorra Island (Ibiza). -  Boletin de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 34: 62-65.  

Hakim, J. & Trageser, S.J. & Ghose, A. & Das, K. & Abdur Rashid, S.M. & Rahman, S.C. (2020) -  Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh. -  Check List, 16 (5): 1239-1268.    

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An annotated inventory of the herpetofauna of Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh is presented, based primarily on original field observations recorded during a six-year survey of the park. A total of 71 species are reported, includ¬ing 19 Anura, one Apoda, two Chelonii, and 49 Squamata. The course of the survey revealed 16 range extensions including 11 new country records for Bangladesh. Eight of the 16 range extensions including six of the 11 country records are reported here for the first time. Deleted from previous Lawachara National Park checklists are 23 species that had been erroneously reported due to misidentification or the splitting or synonymization of species.

Syromyatnikova, E.V. & Tarasova, M.S. (2024) -  A racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea -  Historical Biology    

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A nearly complete frontal bone of a racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias) is described from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida cave – a famous site of fossil vertebrate fauna in Crimea, north Black Sea region. A comparative study of the frontals in the genus Eremias by micro-CT highlighted a few diagnostic features and suggested that the Eremias from the Taurida cave cannot be attributed to any modern species, including Eremias arguta, which inhabited Crimea currently. The specimen from the Taurida cave represents the first Early Pleistocene record of the genus and the oldest European record of the genus to date. Our data suggests that Eremias dispersed into Crimea already in the Early Pleistocene, not in the Holocene as was suggested earlier. The past range of Eremias in Crimea was wider than today and included midland areas. This record extends the distribution range of Eremias during the Pleistocene.

Doronin, I.V. (2024) -  Alpine lizard Darevskia alpina (Darevsky, 1967) -  Red Data Book of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Second edition. Cherkessk: Nartizdat, 2024. P. 86.  

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Psammodromus microdactylus BOETTGER, 1881. -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 308-309.   

Lopez, P. & Martin, J. (2011) -  Male iberian rock lizards may reduce the costs of fighting by scent-matching of the resource holders. -  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 65: 1891–1898.     

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Animals should adopt strategies to minimize the costs of intraspecific aggressive interactions. For example, individuals should be able to identify resource holders in advance and avoid fighting with them because residents are generally more likely than intruders escalate aggression. It has been suggested that scent marks function mainly to allow competitor assessment by conveying the costs of entering a scent-marked area. Individuals may identify territory owners by comparing the scent of substrate marks with the scent of any conspecific they encounter nearby, assessing whether these two scents match or not, a mechanism known as scent matching. Here, we examined the response of male Iberolacerta cyreni lizards to areas scent-marked by other males and the potential role of scent matching in agonistic interactions. We designed a labora- tory experiment where we allowed a male to explore the scent-marked substrate of another male, and then we immediately staged agonistic encounters in a nearby clean neutral area with either the male that had produced the scent marks (matching treatment) or with a different non- matching individual male. The higher chemosensory exploratory rates of substrate scent marks in comparison to clean substrates suggested that males detected and spent more time exploring scent marks to obtain information on the donor male. Moreover, this information was later used to decide the fighting strategy. Intruding males delayed time until the first agonistic interaction, reduced the intensity of fights and the number of aggressive interactions, and won less interactions with males which scent matched that of scent marks (because they would be considered as the territory owners) than with other non-matching individuals. Our results show that male I. cyreni lizards use scent matching as a mechanism to assess the ownership status of other males, which could contribute to modulate intrasexual aggression, reducing costs of agonistic interactions.

Editorial (2025) -  Serpientes y ‘sargantanes’, una catástrofe previsible. -  Diario de Ibiza, 23-02-2025.  

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Psammodromus blanci (LATASTE, 1880). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 305-307.  

Romero, J.M.L. (2025) -  Lucha contra la invasión de culebras en Ibiza: «El nuevo frente de batalla está en Sant Antoni» -  Diario de Ibiza. 19-02-2025.  

Murthy, T.S.N. (1990) -  A Field Book of the Lizards of India. -  Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap. No. 115: 1-92.   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Psammodromus algirus (LINNAEUS, 1758).  -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 300-304.  

Arakelyan, M. (2012) -  Final Report of the Project “Conservation of threatened reptiles of Ararat Valley”: 1-23. -  .  

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Podarcis vaucheri (BOULENGER, 1905). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 296-299.  

Stehle (1957) -  Beobachtungen von Reptilien auf einer Fahrt durch die Camargue. -  Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift 10 (9): 249.   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Ophisops occidentalis (BOULENGER, 1887).  -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 293-295.   

Ortega-Rubio, A. (1989) -  Lizard spatial organization and habitat partitioning in La Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain. -  Herpetology, 19: 85-92.    

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During the summer of 1984, the spatial structure of a mountain lizard assemblage, located at la Sierra de La Guadarrama in Spain, was studied. The assemblage is composed of six abundant species. The habitst partitioning and microhabitat specialization of these species show that the differential use of spatial resources establishes a clear separation among most of the species. Regarding the habitat partitioning, the assemblage appears to be spatially subdivided into two categories: those species restricted to almost a single habitat, and those widely distributed along several habitat types. Among the latter subset of species, it is possible to further differentiate among the species restricted to the ground and those specializing in the use of rocks: and finally, there exists among the latter species differences in the size of the rocks used. The ecological meaning of this differential spatial use is discussed.

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Mesalina simoni (BOETTGER, 1881). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 291-292.   

Zaldivar Ezquerro, C. (2006) -  Los reptiles de La Rioja: distribución geográfica, habladurías y leyendas. -  Páginas de información ambiental Logroño, (24): 22-27.   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Mesalina rubropunctata (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 289-290.   

Paulinoi d`Oliveira, M. (1896) -  Reptis e anfibios da peninsula iberica. -  Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. 28006  

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Mesalina pasteuri (BONS, 1960). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 286-288.  

Giner, J.M. (2001) -  Comentaris sobre els rèptils citats el 1917 per Joaquim Maluquer i Nicolau a “Sobre algunos reptiles de los Alrededores de Melilla (Marruecos) “ i aclariments respecte a la seva procedència geogràfica.  -  Buttleti de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia 15: 53-58.   

Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -  Mesalina olivieri (AUDOUIN, 1829). -  In: Martinez del Mármol, G., Harris, D.J., Geniez, P., Pous, P. de & D. Salvi (eds.): Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. – Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Band 74: 283-285.   

Speybroeck, J. (2007) -  Herpetologische reis naar Andalusië en Murcia (Zuid-Spanje). -  Terra 43 (2): 3-7.