Discovery of an Italian slow worm (Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818) population on a Western Mediterranean Island confirmed by genetic analysis

Renet, Julien; Lucente, Daniela; Delaugerre, Michel; Gerriet, Olivier; Deso, Grégory; Abbattista, Chiara; Cimmaruta, Roberta

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Discovery of an Italian slow worm (Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818) population on a Western Mediterranean Island confirmed by genetic analysis

Authors: Julien Renet
Daniela Lucente
Michel Delaugerre
Olivier Gerriet
Grégory Deso
Chiara Abbattista
Roberta Cimmaruta
Publication date: 31 December 2018
Publisher: Acta Herpetologica
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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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