Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
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Discovery of an Italian slow worm (Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818) population on a Western Mediterranean Island confirmed by genetic analysis

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  • Julien Renet,
  • Daniela Lucente,
  • Michel Delaugerre,
  • Olivier Gerriet,
  • Grégory Deso,
  • Chiara Abbattista,
  • Roberta Cimmaruta
Julien Renet
Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Pôle Biodiversité régionale, 96, rue Droite, 04200, Sisteron, France
Daniela Lucente
Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Largo dell’Università snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
Michel Delaugerre
Conservatoire du littoral, Résidence St Marc, 2, rue Juge Falcone, 20200, Bastia, France
Olivier Gerriet
Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de Nice, 60, boulevard Risso, 06300, Nice, France
Grégory Deso
Association herpétologique de Provence Alpes Méditerranée, Hameau du Nivernais, 84100, Orange, France
Chiara Abbattista
Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Largo dell’Università snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
Roberta Cimmaruta
Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Largo dell’Università snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23290

Published 2018-12-31

How to Cite

Renet, J., Lucente, D., Delaugerre, M., Gerriet, O., Deso, G., Abbattista, C., & Cimmaruta, R. (2018). Discovery of an Italian slow worm (Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818) population on a Western Mediterranean Island confirmed by genetic analysis. Acta Herpetologica, 13(2), 165–169. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23290
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Abstract

The genus Anguis is known to be mainly continental in the Mediterranean area, and accordingly it has never been recorded in Western Mediterranean islands. Here we report for the first time the presence of the slow worm in a Western Mediterranean island, the Ile Sainte-Marguerite from Lérins archipelago (southeastern France). The molecular analysis of ND2 and PRLR genes assigned the specimens to A. veronensis Pollini, 1818 and showed that they are genetically related to the mainland population from Les Mayons, in mainland France. 

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