Journal
AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 114-118Publisher
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002864
Keywords
conservation; Egernia group; endangered; skinks; South Australia; Tiliqua
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- Australian Research Council
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Natural refuges are sometimes supplemented with artificial refuges to enhance populations of endangered species, or to improve the success of translocation and relocation programs. The design and structure of these artificial structures should incorporate key features of natural refuges. We aimed to improve the design of artificial burrows currently used in the conservation of the pygmy bluetongue lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis, by comparing burrows with or without a basal chamber. We found that lizards chose burrows with chambers significantly more often, but that neither the size of the chamber, nor the substrate lining the chamber influenced the choice. Incorporating a basal chamber into the design of artificial burrows should provide more favourable artificial refuges for these lizards and should be incorporated into future conservation management programs.
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