{"id":543,"date":"2022-02-13T18:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:34:02","slug":"reptiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/reptiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Reptiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reptiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yellow-headed gecko (Gonatodes albogularis<\/em>), Costa Rica<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We do surveys, reports, impact licences and mitigation.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We provide training courses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We run ecotourism trips.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We conduct scientific research.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For planning and development…..<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We assess the potential of habitats for reptiles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We conduct follow up surveys:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Observational surveys.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Searches of ‘natural’ refugia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Checks of artificial refugia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Pitfall traps (rarely used in the UK).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mitigation may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Habitat protection or creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Sensitive site clearance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Catching and translocation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the UK, licences are needed to affect smooth snakes and sand lizards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grass snake (Natrix natrix<\/em>), Hertfordshire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Female sand lizard (Lacerta agilis<\/em>), Hungary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bedriaga’s skink (Chalcides bedriagai<\/em>), Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Green lizard (Lacerta trilineata<\/em>), Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Checking roads is sadly a good way to do reptile surveys<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Artificial refugia, Surrey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Slow-worms (Anguis fragilis<\/em>), Surrey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica<\/em>), Cameroon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii<\/em>), Tenerife<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Green turtle (Chelonia mydas<\/em>) hatchling, Costa Rica<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We do surveys, reports, impact licences and mitigation. We provide training courses. We run ecotourism trips. We conduct scientific research. For planning and development….. We assess the potential of habitats for reptiles. We conduct follow up surveys: \u2022 Observational surveys. \u2022 Searches of ‘natural’ refugia. \u2022 Checks of artificial refugia. \u2022 Pitfall traps (rarely used… Read More »Reptiles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"left","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verdantecology.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}