Delaugerre 2013 Nocturnal Hierophis Viridiflavus

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Acta Herpetologica 8(1): 47-52, 2013

Going out tonight? When insular Hierophis viridifavus breaks the Whip

Snakes Rules

Delaugerre Michel-Jean

Conservatoire du littoral, 3, rue Luce de Casabianca F20200 Bastia, France. E-m: m.d@osvto-d-tto.

Submitted on: 2012, 11th November; revised on: 2013, 20th January; accepted on: 2012, 5 th February.

Abstract. Hierophis viridifavus s sto d ytm s dmosttd by my d stds. It bos to tWp sks tzd by sd bods, ys, spd, sopy d dty. O G sd(Cos) t sks do o so ty. Ts xptd s t d ytm mt b td to odptto to top qmts.

Keywords. Atvty ptt s, mos dptto, Cos, Mdt, ot.

I s otxts, tzd by t so-to d p oo ostts, ms odspy op vtos t t mopooys s body sz d popotos, pmtto, ptt(Cs, 1978; Lomoo, 2005; M, 2007; Ps t .,2009; Novosoov t ., 2012); booy d ooy ss dt d o mods, oo ttos, mobtt sto d my ot ts o t s-toy tts d bvo (Pz-Mdo d Cot, 1993;vst d Sz, 1997; V Dmm, 1999; Z, 2001;Fpp t ., 2003; Os d Vdo, 2004; H t .,2008; D t . 2012).

Aod to S (1980) wp sks o-spos mts o t tst sk mostpts o t wod. Ts pyoty td tx(ms Cobd d Epd), tzd by o-

vt voto, dspy mopoo, oo dbvo tts s s sd bods, o ts, ys, tss, dty, tstty, sopy, ov-pty d spd. A bod oo stdy o tWst Wp Sk Hierophis viridifavus (Lpd,1789) t Ity (Cp t ., 1997) pty o-obotd Ss (1980) vws.

W pot d dsss pmy dt d tmo s tvty ptt s o t Wst WpSk, o o G Isd.

G Isd (430130N; 92424E; 10 -ts, 65 m .s.., dst om t m sd 1.4 km)s otd t t otmost pot o Cos (F.1). It ws svd om t ost by s v s som5000 ys o (Lmbk d Bd, 2000). T dsd ow vtto s domtd byAllium commutatumd Halimione portulacoides (wt tot o 60 vspts, Rv t ., 2012). It osts two kos Eulepteseuropaea d Tarentola mauritanica, o Ltd Podar-cis tiliguerta pardii d o Cobd Sk Hierophisviridifavus (Lz d Bzz, 1974). Expt o T. mau-ritanica, t G pto s spposd to btv. T sd s t (d mmm) . Nst bds Calonectris diomedea, Larus michaellis (s t 90s),Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, Apus pallidus dColumba livia; Falco tinnunculus d Falco peregrinus

o vst t sd. G s ostd sm msttmt (2-5 m d w tt) s t d o t16t ty t t d o t 20t ty w ttos s b tomtd. Idd st o om-mty mpot (EU), t sd s pottd .T pb ss s obdd, xpt o t tosmt d bodvsty moto.

Not vsttos (ty ossd okos moto) w pomd o 12 Sptmb2000, o 5 d 9 Ast 2012 d o 6 Otob 2012.


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I Ast 2012 ddto dt (b 1) w tdby tsts moto Coys Swt. T moo-t ws vy bt 2000 d smp odd moo pss 2012. W oky otopsw tooy vsttd wt d mp, WstWp Sks w s, o om 19:30 to 2:00. Ty w tvy w o oks, o ootptsd o vtto, to fk w sowy xpo-

t sbstt ss d vs. wo sks ws 2000 d svt 2012. I 2000 bot wsb-dts; 2012 sss w pstd, wt mjoty o yo d yosts (b 1). O dtws so obsvd tv d xstd pts.

D t st ys, my It d Fpbtos v b dvotd to vos spts o tbooy d ooy o H. viridifavus. Ts stds vb pomd t dt ttds, om Vd ot F Att ost, Swtzd, to Not dCt Ity. I ts pps t tvty ptt ots sk s osdd s d. Cp t . (1997)ssssd bmod (d ow) dy tvty sm-

m. Lv t . (2010, 2011) omd t dbts o ts tmopos sps, v do tkdms w oy odd d t dytm, so ddCo d Czz, (1991) d S t . (2008). Cod Czz (1994), wo odd tvty ytms 24 o, so sttd tt Coluber viridifavus ws d-ty d; t pmy d sody sts wsd ovt T t sytss (V d Ns-t, 2006; V d Z, 2010) sstd ts d-

ty; oy (Stos t ., 2010) sttd S mbo, o sxto obsv tvdd ps os mss msosos(owv, t s ot s to s pstvty t wm mots).

Ato o ot bts w domtd tt, od ts stds, pomd my byd ptoosts, wt vs ots dsom do tk pomd oy t dytm, v

mssd pot? O d dt v b vsttd.Itsv ot ss (224 s) w pomd Cos (d Sd), o kos oky bttsd, to ss xtt, o mpbs wtds. Tosvsttos od my ots o Cos dso o t stt sds w t dsty o t Wst- Wp Sk s vy , s o Lvzz sd (b2). Expt o G, oy o obsvto o t o-t tvty s b odd (Boo, 13 J1983, 21:30 , dk moo, tmpt 20.8 C, jv- sot vt t 33 m, t 8 m). A psst o yo m s so b odd o 16Jy 2006 (Cp Cos, Mo Mtt).

T ot tvty o H. viridifavus dos oto o s vy . Ts sk pps to v stoytm o sp d tvty ptt dspt s-so s tmpt (Gbbos d Smts,1987) d ttd vtos. Amo Wst Eo-p sks (Cot t , 2010; Svdo d Mo,2010), most d sps (16) vb; ty djstt d ytm to sso d vomt tm-pt wt ps o ot o sm-

Figure 1. T G sd s om t Not-Est. F. Rombd/sso. Foo.


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m, ws ot sps stty d (t) oot (two). Ts t sps (d H. vir-idifavus) v spposdy tvty ptt t-y dtmd to t xtt tt t spos to tt-dk s doos d vb (Gbbos d

Smts, 1987). ot tvty potd oG sd s otstd xpto. T, yod so dt sks (Cos Wp Sks smszd od to Cy, 1992 d V d Z,2010) o so ty, d ot oy d t ot-tst mots. Ts mt o t tvty sptmst td to t moo ps, o to t t tsty.Ato ts pmy dt w d t stdy,ty s y o qstos.

k to ot, t bod v, t v o pyo psptv dstd ptts o vo-to bvo, mopooy d pysooy (Atm

t , 2002) d so t sstd possbty tt o-tty mt b t pmtv odto o sqmts(Sts t ., 2011), w osd tt t obsvd -mt o t tmpo pobby sts o tt o s movoto.

Hypotss o possb dvts o s ots my b td to: 1) vod o d pdtos;2) vod o tmpts; 3) s qmt opd/vb ood t t; o ombto o tstos (Cwod, 1934; Gbbos d Smts, 1987).

1) Avod o d pdtos. Falco tinnunculuss w kow to pdt yo d sbdt sks. Btmp obsvtos (to b omd) sst ttwp sks o sss so ptty tv t dytm. Ftmo, d t Larus michahell-

is st sso, t F. tinnunculus vods t sd.Nvtss sto tto btw wpsksd ts pto s ot ky to o owdys, w -ot dsd ts o d t pst stoy o tsd. 2) Avod o tmpts. H viridifa-vus s tmopos sps d t sd s ompxo (oky otops, so, ow bt tk vtto)to povd t sts wt mdm tmpts.3) Es qmt o py. T py tms vb mosty Podarcis tiliguerta zds ( dsty), tot ko Euleptes europaea, Ivtbts dpsmby pss bds sp mto. Sod

t mos mtto o py typ dvsty d tos t tsp omptto o ood btwyo d dt sks d ts vo mto t tmpo o t yo sks? (s L-s, 2006 o top vps otxt o btt t-to). Bt ts tsp ttos ss kyto o wt dsty (= vbty) o t mood so (zds). A ttv ypotss wodb o dptto to p bvo o t py.O G sd, Podarcis zds o st by

Table 1. Not tvty o Hierophis viridifavus std (o ptd) o G Isd o 2012 (5 d 9 Ast d 6 Otob M.D; 12 to 22 Ast A. Pdo d N. E Ksb). I Ast t tmpt 23-25 C; tv yomty 73-82%; Otob t tmpt 18-19 C; tv yomty 68-83%.

DtUvs

mMo btt Appoxmtv ss

SVL(m)

(m)

Wt ()Body

tmpt(C)

05/08/12 21:43 Ltos pvmt Jv 26.0 8 4.2

05/08/12 1:10 Roks Jv

05/08/12 1:40 Roks Adt 69.0 24

09/08/12 20:07 Footpt Adt 71.0 26

09/08/12 21:12 Sto w Sb dt 55.6 20 38

12/08/12 19:40 Sto w Sb dt

13/08/12 20:30 Vtto Sb dt

14/08/12 23:49 Ltos pvmt Adt 72.5 23.5

15/08/12 0:00 Ltos pvmt Jv

15/08/12 22:15 Footpt Jv

17/08/12 19:30 Footpt Jv

19/08/12 20:00 Vtto Jv

19/08/12 20:40 Vtto Jv

21/08/12 23:15 Footpt Sb dt

06/10/12 18:50 Sto w Sb dt 44.0 14.0 17 28.0

06/10/12 18:45 Roks Jv 29.0 9.5 6.5 25.8

06/10/12 23:25 Footpt Sb dt 50.5 19.5 24 26.0


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Table 2. Not vsttos pomd Cos (d Sd) om 1980 to 2012. St p Ut Eot (SPUE) = / (O)100;w = mb oH. viridifavus std; = dto o ss mts; O = mb o obsvs.Obsvs: = 1= M-J. D d M. B (Cp 2012, Lvzz 2010, 2011, 2012), C.-H. Bo (G 1985); C. Cot(Cp 2012, Lvzz 2010, 2011, 2012); F. Gt (Lvzz 2010, 2012), P. Lo Cso (Cp 2012, Lvzz 2010, 2012). Som o tG dt o b 1 ot potd bs SPUE od ot b td.

Loty Y Mot

N mts

pospto N obs.

N mts

obsvto

Sks

std SPUE

Corsican satellite islands

G sd (N Cos) 2000 9 360 1 360 2 0.556

G sd (Cos) 2012 8 406 1 406 5 1.232

G sd (Cos) 2012 10 260 1 260 3 1.154

Lvzz sd (S Cos) 1982 5 300 1 300 0 0.000

Lvzz sd (S Cos) 1984 9 120 1 120 0 0.000

Lvzz sd (S Cos) 2010 6 275 2 550 0 0.000

Lvzz sd (S Cos) 2011 6 427 1 427 0 0.000

Lvzz sd (S Cos) 2012 6 180 4 720 0 0.000

Mzzm sd (W Cos) 2011 6 180 1 180 0 0.000

Mzzm sd (W Cos) 2012 8 213 1 213 0 0.000

G sd (W Cos) 1985 4 530 2 1060 0 0.000G sd (W Cos) 1990 7 505 1 505 0 0.000

Corsica main island

t (Boo, S) 1983 6 300 1 300 1 0.333

Ao (St, SW) 1980 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

Co-Stos (SW) 1986 8 180 1 180 0 0.000

Potto (S) 1986 8 120 1 120 0 0.000

G (W) 1981 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

G (W) 1983 4 60 1 60 0 0.000

G (W) 1982 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

G (W) 1985 4 180 1 180 0 0.000

G (W) 1985 7 180 1 180 0 0.000

G (W) 1986 4 130 1 130 0 0.000Sdo (W) 1982 5 2105 1 2105 0 0.000

Sdo (W) 1982 6 1465 1 1465 0 0.000

Sdo (W) 1983 4 595 1 595 0 0.000

Sdo (W) 1983 6 490 1 490 0 0.000

Sdo (W) 1985 7 100 1 100 0 0.000

Vov (Ajo, W) 1981 5 810 1 810 0 0.000

Vov (Ajo, W) 1981 6 125 1 125 0.000

P (W) 1981 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

M.o Fost Lmo (1000m) 1981 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

A S (Cv, W) 1981 5 60 1 60 0 0.000

L (NE) 1985 4 60 1 60 0 0.000

Cpd (Cp Cos, N) 2012 8 270 1 270 0 0.000

Sardinia

It (Sd) 1982 6 90 1 90 0 0.000

Cp sd (Mdd, N) 2012 5 240 3 720 0 0.000

Sm mts 11,616 13,441

Sm os 224


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t vy xposd spots, ot dd s, wE. europaea, sow mov ko, os o ok s-s. Sks mt v d wy to sy pksom pys by t. I so, t wod m mpottoo votoy psptv: t qkpst o stty (Cp t ., 1997), y

o d vso, b pd by sow s o-dtd by ot vso o/d by t s o m-ossoy s. Cm sts wod b sd o tozto o t py, s ms b to do o t- d sxy dsmt osps (Foso t., 2007). I sks, sopy s omptb wt o-tty, o st Coronella d Macroprotodon(Cy, 1986). As sttd by S (1980): Apt omDemansia, t oy Ast pds tt dty kow to d pmy o zds (> 70% o t dt) sm osso ot sps A o ts os-so sopos sks pt t py t t

w t zds tv ( A pd o-s t sm wy). Py tms pobby otdby st Ts o stty s dmty d-t om tt o t wpsks, w ot tpy tms vsy, d t dy, d pt tm bydt s.

T xpsso o dpttv vtvss s ystmtd mos otxt, s tt t so wyt G Isd H. viridifavus v bok t WpSks Rs?

ACKNOWLEDGMENS

T ss to t sd ws pmttd by t Ptd Ht-Cos d t ps t bss tots. Co-to pmts w ssd by t D Cos. Tks to APdo d Noy E Ksby o t tst d vb p t d. Tks to Cd Cot o t xpd om-mts o t mspt d to t dto d t vws.

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