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Corti, C., Biaggini, M., Bassu, L., di Cerbo, A. R., Tizio, L. D., & Cascio, P. L., et al. , Updated distribution of testudo hermanni hermanni in italy. Unpublished paper presented at Atelier international sur la gestion et la restauration des populations et habitats de la Tortue d’Hermann / International workshop on the management and restoration of Hermann’s tortoise populations and habitats.
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| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: Corti2013 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat - habitat, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Südeuropa - Southern Europe, Testudinidae, Testudo hermanni Creators: Bassu, Biaggini, Cascio, di Cerbo, Corti, Mastropasqua, Nulchis, Romano, Satta, Tizio Collection: Atelier international sur la gestion et la restauration des populations et habitats de la Tortue d’Hermann / International workshop on the management and restoration of Hermann’s tortoise populations and habitats |
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Testudo hermanni Testudinidae Testudo hermanni hermanni is distributed throughout peninsular Italy, Sardinia, Sicily and several minor islands. In most of the range its distribution displays a highly fragmented pattern. The species occurs in coastal and hilly areas, in natural and semi-natural habitats mainly characterized by Mediterranean vegetation or in agricultural ones characterized by very low management pressure. The most extended distribution is found along the Tyrrhenian coast in Southern Tuscany and Latium while the presence of the species is much more fragmented in Campania and Calabria. Along the Adriatic coast, it is mostly found in Molise and Apulia; along the Ionian coast in Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria. Along the northern coasts the distribution pattern of the species is extremely localized. The present work origins from a project sponsored by the Ministero per la Tutela dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e del Mare. An accurate research of all the available data, ranging from both scientific and reliable grey literature, regional and national databases, intense field activity and, last but not least, thanks to the collaboration of great number of colleagues and institutions throughout the country, has been carried out in order to update the distribution of T. hermanni in Italy. All the above mentioned sources have been combined and an updated distribution map, U.T.M. 10X10 square km, has been produced. For some regions, in particular, field research has led to a significant implementation of the known distribution, as e.g. for Basilicata. In this map records on both autochthonous and allochthonous populations are reported as well as those referred to single random observations made in habitats suitable for the species.
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