CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE ON FAUNA OF CAVES AND SPRINGS IN TAJAN AREA NEAR ZAVIDOVICI -BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

PRILOG POZNAVANJA FAUNE PEćINA I VRELA U PODRUČJU TAJANA KOD ZAVIDOVIĆA ÍBOSNA I HERCEGOVINAÎ
CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE ON FAUNA OF CAVES AND SPRINGS IN TAJAN AREA NEAR ZAVIDOVICI -BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Maja Zagmajster, Teo Delić
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Environmental Geography
Published by: Centar za krš i speleologiju
Keywords: Tajan park;caves;springs;troglobionts;bats;Bosnia and Hercegovina;

Summary/Abstract: Research of amphibians and reptiles of Imotsko polje (Imotski field) and its surroundings, including aquatic habitats of Vrljika River and Prološko blato Lake, was carried out on several occasions in the period from 2009 to 2014, and the presence of 20 species was recorded. Of this number, there were 7 species of amphibians – (Proteus anguinus Laurenti, 1768, Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758), Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758), Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758), Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758), Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771), Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838) – and 13 species of reptiles – (Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775), Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1866, Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877), Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810), Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768, Hierophis gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768), Platyceps najadum (Eichwald, 1831), Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831), Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768), Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758), Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768), Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827), Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758). Of the 20 species recorded, three (3) of them are located in the Red Book of amphibians and reptiles of Croatia: Proteus anguinus in the category critically endangered species (CR), while Podarcis melisellensis and Podarcis siculus in the category least concern species (LC).

  • Issue Year: XXXV/2015
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 121-131
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English