(Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Zachodniopomorskiego Uniwersytetu Technologicznego w Szczecinie, 2021) Badziukiewicz, Jakub; Faculty of Animal Breeding, Bioengineering and Conservation, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
The paper presents the proposal for monitoring methods of two species from Anguidae
family occurring in Poland such as slow-worm A. fragilis and Eastern slow-worm A. c. incerta. Until
recently, both species were considered to be the same taxon. Thanks to genetic research
the Eastern slow-worm was isolated from the species A. fragilis. In recent years, phenotypic
differences between A. fragilis and A. c. incerta have been described, but it has not been noticed
whether there are any behavioral or habitat preference differences. Only the approximate
boundary of the occurrence of both species in Poland is known. It may be important to distinguish
common areas, as there are known cases of hybridization of A. c. incerta with A. fragilis
in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Due to the recent isolation of the Eastern slow-worm,
it is still not legally protected in Poland, unlike the partially protected slow-worm.