Bulletin n°178

Despite numerous surveys, interviews with local people, and a network of more than 200 artificial refuges, slow worm (Anguis sp.) was never observed in Porquerolles Island. One individual was captured alive by a domestic cat (Felis sylvestris catus) the 7th of May 2019. The slow worm was photographed, measured, and released. Cats are a calamity for reptiles, but in this case, one individual was useful. Yet, the existence of an established slow worm population needs to be confirmed.

Auteurs : Gilles GARNIER, Peggy FOURNIAL, Xavier BONNET, Laurent MAXIME, Sébastien CARON et Jean-Marie BALLOUARD