Open AccessRailroads as anthropogenic dispersal corridors. Possible way of the colonization of Poland by a common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis, Lacertidae)
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Dudek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ecological questions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2083-5469
pISSN - 1644-7298
DOI - 10.12775/eq.2014.018
Subject(s) - lacertidae , biological dispersal , colonization , ecology , lizard , geography , biology , sauria , population , demography , sociology
The common wall lizard is a new lacertid species in the Polish herpetofauna. However, the discovered populations seem to be introduced. In this article, I intend to describe a possible way of lizards dispersal through railways. I suppose that the common wall lizard may colonize new areas by freight trains as an incidental cargo from quarries they inhabit.
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