Daniele Seglie

• PhD.
• Freelance Herpetologist at ELEADE Soc. Coop.

Predation and competition are two major factors that drive natural selection. When they vary unpredictably, selection has promoted the evolution of plastic responses in behavioral, morphological and life-history traits. These responses are not independent of each other and often represent a trade-off between conflicting interests. We conducted a co...

Predation and competition are two major factors that drive natural selection. When they vary unpredictably, selection has promoted the evolution of plastic responses in behavioral, morphological and life-history traits. These responses are not independent of each other and often represent a trade-off between conflicting interests. We conducted a co...

Climate change is threatening several montane species across the world, including a large number of endemics, needing the development of forward-looking conservation strategies to foster their future survival. In this context, Species Distribution Models (SDMs) represent a useful method to forecast changes in species’ habitat suitability under diff...

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In the last century, a plethora of species have shown rapid phenological changes in response to climate change. Among animals, amphibians exhibit some of the greatest responses since their activity strongly depends on temperature and rainfall regimes. These shifts in phenology can have negative consequences for amphibian fitness. Thus, understandin...

Predation is a major source of selection and prey are known to modify their behavior depending on their past experiences and the current perceived risk. Within a species, variation in experience and in the response to perceived risk combine to explain variation in personality and individual plasticity. Between species, variation in personality and...

Climate change will cause important declines in species distributions, especially when living at high altitudes. The Critically Endangered Salamandra lanzai from SW Alps may be severely exposed to future climate change effects and its suitable climate may shrink or shift. Another Alpine salamander (S. atra) is present in the region, which in case o...

A NEW ALIEN LOACH SPECIES IS SPREADING IN THE PO DRAINAGE, NORTHERN ITALY (ACTINOPTERYGII: COBITIDAE)

"The new atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Italy". The atlas project of S.H.I. started in 1993 and led to the publication of the Atlas of amphibians and reptiles of Italy in 2006. Since 2013, citizen science platforms have been adopted to increase data collection. The new database contains 240,000 geo-referenced data often associated with images...

During the monitoring activities of Pelobates fuscus insubricus in the areas of the Natura 2000 network (SAC IT 2010011 Paludi di Arsago) and the Regional Park of the Ticino Valley (Lombardy) as part of the two Life projects INSUBRICUS and GESTIRE 2020, amphibians were captured in pitfall traps to collect data on the health status and seasonal migr...

Il progetto LIFE Insubricus (LIFE19-NAT/IT/000883 INSUBRICUS) monitora le popolazioni di Anfibi presenti in alcuni siti riproduttivi di Pelobate fosco Pelobates fuscus di Lombardia e Piemonte. Fra le aree di studio e intervento la Zona Speciale di Conservazione (ZSC) “Paludi di Arsago” è quella con la comunità di Anfibi più importante. Nella stagio...

We studied how individuals modify their behavior in response to inter- and intraspecific competitors and how these changes affected the pattern of variation between populations and species. As study models, we used tadpoles of two brown frogs, Rana latastei and R. dalmatina . Since R. latastei is always sympatric to R. dalmatina , whereas R. dalmat...

Il progetto LIFE Insubricus (LIFE19-NAT/IT/000883 INSUBRICUS) monitora le popolazioni di anfibi presenti in alcuni siti riproduttividi Pelobate fosco Pelobates fuscus di Lombardia e Piemonte. Fra le aree di studio e intervento la Zona Speciale di Conservazione (ZSC) “Paludi di Arsago” è quella con la comunità di anfibi più importante. Nella stagion...

Il progetto atlante S.H.I. è nato nel 1993 e ha portato alla pubblicazione dell’Atlante degli Anfibi e dei rettili d’Italia nel 2006. A partire dal 2013 sono state adottati strumenti di citizen science per incrementare la raccolta dati distributivi. La nuova banca dati contiene ora 240.000 segnalazioni georeferenziate direttamente sul campo, spesso...

The only Palearctic representative of the leech genus Placobdella Blanchard, 1893 is P. costata, an ectoparasite of freshwater turtles. To date, no conclusive evidence about the possible presence of coevolutionary patterns between this leech and its turtle hosts is available due to the paucity of DNA sequence data available for P. costata; moreover...

Herpetofauna of Conca Cialancia Natural Park: with a note on atypical colour pattern in Salamandra lanzai. This paper presents results of a study on Amphibians and Reptiles of the Conca Cialancia Natural Park, located within the arc of the Western Alps of Italy (Cottian Alps). Park's herpetofauna is represented by 2 amphibians and 4 reptiles. The b...

The only reproductive populations of Emys orbicularis in Piedmont are found in a small area included within the SACs IT1180005 "Ghiaia Grande", IT1120007 "Palude di San Genuario" and IT1120008 "Fontana Gigante". According to the project "Monitoring Emys orbicularis in the Natura 2000 Network of the Po River Park", the status of these populations is...

We used capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques for estimating European pond turtle population abundance within SPA and SAC IT1120008 “Fontana Gigante (Tricerro)”, located along the Po river in the Provinces of Vercelli and Alessandria. Overall, 39 European pond turtles were captured using floating traps: 10 females, 28 males, and 1 juvenile. Indiv...

Riassunto. L'area compresa tra i comuni di Crescentino e Ronsecco, in provincia di Vercelli è nota per la presenza di alcune delle più consistenti popolazioni piemontesi di testuggine palustre europea (Emys orbicularis); gli ultimi nuclei sono custoditi in alcune aree protette e Siti Natura 2000, circondati da un territorio interamente convertito a...

Il progetto “Italian Herps” nasce a febbraio 2015 e al 2 ottobre 2018 ha raccolto oltre 23000 osservazioni, distribuite su tutto il territorio nazionale e che riguardano 68 specie “verificate”. The iNaturalist project “Italian Herps” starts in february 2015 and at the 2nd October 2018 has collected over 23000 observations, spanning all over the cou...

Description of the "global" Jbel Sarhro National Park project by INSAP (Morocco) & CeSMAP (Italy).

We used capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques for estimating european pond turtle population abundance within the SCI IT1180005 Ghiaia Grande, located along the Po river in the Province of Vercelli and Alessandria. Turtles were captured using floating baited funnel traps and double fyke nets for eels; we collected a total of 25 European pond turt...

The Spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus insubricus) in the Seprio territory (VA, CO): confirmations and new records

We used capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques for estimating European pond turtle population abundance within the SCI IT1180005 Ghiaia Grande, located along the Po river in the Province of Vercelli and Alessandria. Turtles were captured using floating baited funnel traps and double fyke nets for eels; we collected a total of 25 European pond turt...

First record of Placobdella costata (Fr. Müller, 1846) in Piedmont (Annelida, Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae). In this paper, we report for the first time the observation of Placobdella costata (Fr. Müller, 1846) in Piedmont; this leech species feeds on aquatic vertebrates and belongs to the family of Glossiphoniidae; the studied specimens were collec...

Riassunto. In questo lavoro sono presentati i risultati di uno studio di Cattura-Marcatura-Ricattura sulla popolazione di Emys orbicularis presso il SIC IT11200007-Palude di San Genuario, a distanza di otto anni dall'ultimo monitoraggio. Le catture sono state effettuate utilizzando nasse galleggianti munite di esche attrattive. In totale sono stati...

The present paper is the seventh report on the zoological knowledge of Piedmont and Aosta Valley administrative regions. Here we report records that update the known distribution, the altitudinal limits and the phenological data of amphibians and reptiles. In this issue we also complete the updating (started in the previous report) of distribution...

For their rapid and alarming decline, the Italian populations of the Italian spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus insubricus) are of high conservation importance. In this study we examined habitat use by the spadefoot toads in north-west Italy, where one of the largest remaining populations lives. We used compositional analysis and logistic regression...

In this study, we used a maximum entropy (MaxEnt) approach to model the distribution of the rare European amphibian Pelobates fuscus insubricus, with the final goal of identifying suitable areas for its conservation. We generated the model starting from a dataset of all locations where this species’ presence was confirmed for the region of piedmont...

The main objective of this amphibian monitoring study, carried out in the SCI IT2010011 “Paludi di Arsago” during 2012, was to characterize amphibian community structure and to establish the conservation status of the Italian Spadefoot toad in the study area, one of the last population refuge in Lombardy. During the surveys all the amphibian breedi...

Faunistic records in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy), VI. - The present paper is the sixth update on the zoological knowlwdge of Piedmont and Aosta Valley administrative regions. This issue is dedicated to the updating the distibution information of the four serpents listed in the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (Coronella austriaca, Hierophis vi...

The advertisement call of Pelobates fuscus insubricus, an endangered subspecies endemic from Po plain in Italy, is described in terms of temporal properties and frequency parameters. Previous papers on acoustics repertoire in the genus Pelobates provide only qualitative information and the only study that analyses acoustic temporal parameters of th...

Pelobates fuscus: multy-year experiences of active management. This work aims to show experiences in long-term management and conservation of some Pelobates fuscus insubricus populations in the SCI IT1110035 (Stagni di Poirino-Favari, Piedmont). During the last 18 years, numerous threats have been identified, the main ones are: habitat loss, arriva...

Reproductive phenology and migration directionality in Triturus carnifex (Laurenti, 1758) in northwestern Italy. The results of a study on reproductive phenology and migration directionality in Triturus carnifex are presented. Monitoring was based on a capture/recapture research, carried out in 2011 using drift fences/pitfall traps; newts were all...

Faunistic records in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy), V. The present report includes selected vertebrate records (birds excepted) from Piedmont and Aosta Valley administrative regions. Data on range extensions and new altitudinal limits are provided; for rare species we also reported new findings, confirmations of old data, as well as local ex...

Attention: le chapitre 2_2 est incorrecte et pas à lire! Attenzione: il capitolo 2_2 è errato e non va letto! L’objectif de la Mission a été la prospection de la région concernée par le Projet, telle que définie dans la Convention de coopération signée entre l’Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP), Rabat et le Ce...

The ecological status of 203 amphibian aquatic breeding sites, selected from the national database of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (SHI), was surveyed in the period 2008-2009 to assess their ecological status. Sites were randomly extracted, after stratification by the three biogeographical regions present in Italy, besides Sardinia and Sicily...

In conservation biology species distribution and status are key information in the process of identifying conservation priorities at different levels (local, national or continental). Critical issues in determining species distribution consist in a low number of records collected in a very limited area. Aim of this work was to assess the possibilit...

ABSTRACT - Faunistic records in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy), IV. The present report includes selected vertebrate records (birds excepted) in Piedmont and Aosta Valley administrative regions. Range extensions, new altitudinal limits, new findings of rare species, confirmations of old data, as well as local extinctions are reported.

In this study, we surveyed potential breeding sites of amphibians within the Cumiana municipality (North Western Piedmont). This region includes mountainous, hilly and plain areas and is rich of temporary aquatic habitat (mainly old clay pits) but the distribution and composition of aquatic herpetofauna is poorly studied. Using standard monitoring...

We measured 17 morphometric characters of 38 females and 50 males from one of the largest known populations of the Himalayan Newt, T. verrucosus, located in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India. To evaluate the proximate causes of sexual dimorphism, we determined individual age by skeletochronology. At the breeding site, females were signi...

L’alta pianura piemontese ospita diverse specie di anfibi, tra cui Rana latastei e Triturus carnifex, taxa di elevato interesse conservazionistico. Il presente lavoro valuta lo stato conservazionistico delle due specie in una fascia di pianura a cavallo del Po tra Carignano (TO) e Saluzzo (CN). Si esamina inoltre l’influenza di alcune variabili amb...

Il rospo di Brongersma (Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972) è stato oggetto negli ultimi anni di alcuni studi che hanno significativamente incrementato le conoscenze relative alla sua morfologia, ecologia, distribuzione e dinamica di popolazione. Sebbene esistano ancora opinioni contrastanti sulle sue relazioni filogenetiche, è ora conosciuta la morfo...

Viene segnalato il ritrovamento di tre stazioni planiziali di Mesotriton alpestris apuanus. Le tre popolazioni rivestono un notevole interesse ecologico in quanto sono le uniche popolazioni di pianura del tritone alpestre appenninico finora note in Piemonte (in Italia è conosciuta solo un’altra popolazione planiziale in provincia di Piacenza). I si...

Riassunto. Il rospo di brongersma (Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed, 1972) è stato oggetto negli ultimi anni di alcuni studi che hanno significativamente incrementato le conoscenze relative alla sua morfologia, ecologia, distribuzione e dinamica di popolazione. Sebbene esistano ancora opinioni contrastanti sulle sue relazioni filogenetiche, è ora conosciu...

The advertisement and release calls of the Moroccan endemic Bufo (Epidalea) brongersmai (from here on we won’t use anymore the subgenus in the text) from the jbel Sarhro (Anti Atlas) are described. The median value of pulses for an advertisement call is 5 (range 3 to 8 pulses), and the fundamental frequency varies from 1380 to 1890 Hz. It is a shor...

The morphology of selected isolated skeletal elements of the northwestern African endemic toad Bufo brongersmai Hoogmoed 1972 is herein described and compared to those of other Bufo species inhabiting the same area and Europe. The osteological morphology of this species clearly differentiates it from others within the genus, and several diagnostic...

The amphibians of the Po River Park (Cuneo Province). The article shows the results of a three years survey (2004-2006) on the Amphibians of the Po River Park (Cuneo Province).During the field work about 150 reproductive sites were identified, with more than 350 original records. In the Park are present elevenAmphibian species;Rana latastei, an end...

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is the chytridiomycete fungus which has been implicated in global amphibian declines and numerous species extinctions. Here, we show that introduced North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) consistently carry this emerging pathogenic fungus. We detected infections by this fungus on introduced bullfrogs from seven o...

In questo lavoro vengono presentati i risultati di due anni di ricerche volti a chiarire alcuni aspetti della biologia di questa popolazione relitta ed isolata, e che si riproduce all’interno di una piccola grotta

Although female urodeles are normally larger than males, mechanisms causing sexual dimorphism in body size are not yet extensively documented. In the Triturus alpestris alpestris population of Hocmolbing, located at high altitude in the northeastern calcareous Alps of Austria, females are significantly longer and heavier than males. To elucidate pr...

The Himalayan newt, Tylototriton verrucosus, is reported from the mountainous region of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, and Southwest China. This species is the only representative of the order Caudata in the Indian subcontinent. We investigated the distribution of this taxon in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal and we evaluate...

Boano & Sindaco (1998) hanno recentemente riassunto la distribuzione di Rana latastei in Piemonte, pertanto si rimanda a questo lavoro per ulteriori approfondimenti. Nell’Aprile del 2000, abbiamo rinvenuto un esemplare di R. latastei in una lanca del torrente Pellice. Ulteriori ricerche hanno portato alla scoperta, nella primavera dell’anno seguent...

Triturus alpestris apuanus possibily autochtonous, for the first time was discovered in two ponds at the slopes of the Mt. Musiné, Alpi Graie, Province ofTorino, Piedmont, NorthWest Italy. RIASSUNTO. Viene segnalata la presenza di una popolazione pedemontana di Tri-turus alpestris apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839) alle pendici del Monte Musiné (Caselette,...