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- Title
Conservation status of the St Paul's Island wall lizard (Podarcis filfolensis kieselbachi).
- Authors
Sciberras, Arnold; Schembri, Patrick J.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study that examined the population of the endemic Maltese wall lizard Podarcis filfolensis in Saint Paul's Island in Malta. The island was visited on 39 separate occasions from 1999 to 2007. It is found that there is an exponential decline of the population. Results have also shown that there were no more juveniles that were spotted by April 2004, while the sex ratio become heavily skewed towards males. Moreover, rat predation of Podarcis was confirmed by direct observation.
- Subjects
SAINT Paul's Island (Malta); MALTA; PODARCIS; LIZARDS; ANIMAL populations; RATS; ANIMAL population density; REPTILE sex ratio; PREDATION
- Publication
Herpetological Bulletin, 2008, Issue 105, p28
- ISSN
1473-0928
- Publication type
Article