Highlights•Invasive lizards are more exploratory, bold and neophilic than a noninvasive
species.•Behaviour of native lizards was repeatable for all three behavioural traits.•Only …

Biological invasions are a major conservation threat for biodiversity worldwide. Islands are
particularly vulnerable to invasive species, especially Mediterranean islands which have …

Environmental pollution and habitat loss are described as underlying causes for population
declines in reptiles and especially affect species in agricultural landscapes. Studies dealing …

Biological invasions are a challenge to conservation and constitute a threat to biodiversity
worldwide. The Italian wall lizard Podarcis sicula has been widely introduced, and seems …

Biological invasions have become a major cause of biodiversity loss. Tracing the origin of
the populations of alien species is essential to infer the dispersal pathway and finally to set …

In this study, we aimed to understand the contemporary and ancient colonization routes of
the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, using simple sequence repeats. By analyzing the …

Exotic animal invasions constitute a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Our assessment
determined the core range occupied by the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) in the urban …

Balearic herpetofauna represents a paradigmatic case of multiple biological invasions within
the Mediterranean Basin, with a much higher number of alien amphibians (ie frogs and …

The Mediterranean has a high diversity of herpetofauna, which continues to be understud-
ied. Olive (Olea europaea) groves are one of the primary agroecosystems in the …

Abstract Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810) or Italian wall lizard is one of the
most invasive reptile-species. Recently, this lacertid lizard has been introduced to …