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Tarentola mauritanica, Linnaeus 1758

EUS: Dragoitxo

ING: Moorish Gecko

The common gecko is a reptile of the family Gekkos usually not exceed 19 cm. It is widely distributed by the center, south and east of the Iberian Peninsula, becoming more scarce as we approach the Cantabrian coast.

is characterized by a broad head, rounded snout and prominent eyes with a pupil arranged vertically. Its tail is thorny, with transverse bands in different tones.

This species is clearly associated with the human environment. Their mostly nocturnal habits are thus not usually difficult to observe near the light on the walls and roofs of houses, walls or fences which seem to defy gravity. This is because it has fingers flattened, bearing a transverse row of slides as a small suction cups that allow them to adhere to vertical surfaces and even upside-down.

Feeds all kinds of insects and arachnids, so they are generally respected and tolerated in our homes since it plays an effective role as "insecticide."

Many of the comments out of their range have been because of introductions, possibly accidentally. Santurce is no stranger to these introductions because more and more data collected from individuals scattered by the observations made by our neighbors as Paul, TXIRI-VITA or Gorka Ocio. To these must be added the last and most important, made by Ricardo Ituarte, and stood on the balcony an adult and a Youth no more than a week old, which could indicate that we have a small breeding nucleus similar to that found by Aitor Laza in the nearby town of Getxo.

geko Distribution in Spain. Map taken from the "Red Book Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Spain."

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Océn

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CHARCAS OF "THE PLAINS"

The process for the construction of ponds, though laborious, is simple. After site selection, we proceeded to mark the exact spot for a mini-excavator buckets made us. Once the work proceeded to smooth base with a layer of approximately 5 cm of sand, then put another layer over it, this time of "geotextile ." These layers are intended to avoid possible perforation of waterproof plastic to be placed later. Once placed the plastic, put on this another layer of geotextile to retain the substrate to be cast above to give a natural look to the future pond.

Start digging into the pond 1.

The bulldozer was the first to release the pond and did not hesitate to "jump to the pool. "

the end nothing happened, the operator was unharmed and everything was a shock.

Start digging in the pond 2.

Preparing the fence.

Finishing the Pond 2.

Pond 1 completed.

Finally only comment that in a period of no more than a couple of months to finish the job, there are several midwife toads with his productions using the two ponds.

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PONDS FOR AMPHIBIANS

Although we have no exact data of the amphibian fauna existing in the past, thanks to the talks held with the greatest of all, personal observations and review of work made in this direction in a close environment such as mountains and Galdames Triano, we can deduce that the number of species was significantly higher in times not far distant. Within this project has considered the construction of a network of ponds, in order to restore a greater or lesser extent habitat lost to the man's hand, and recover the amphibian populations that formerly inhabited Mount Serafin. Co mo beginning, we decided to build two in the area of \u200b\u200b"Los Llanos", place visited by people who enjoy the mountain climbs. The purpose of creating two ponds in a place so exposed has three good reasons:

The primary, which is increase the availability of aquatic habitat for amphibians Serantes.

Secondly, through information panels, to publicize the environmental problems that these and other species are suffering as throughout the world due to habitat destruction and change climate.

Finally, closer to the people who enjoy the mountain that little wildlife we \u200b\u200bhave all heard about and that few are privileged to know and observe.

If you want to see the process of construction of ponds click here.

WHAT IS THE USE OF PONDS?

aquatic habitats of small size are essential for the conservation of amphibians and aquatic invertebrates such as dragonflies, damselflies and a number of other species of fauna and flora, and are also used as a watering hole and bathing area for birds and small mammals that live nearby.

Pond artificial beach Azkorri (Getxo).

According to recent research, ponds capture an enormous amount of CO 2 the atmosphere, thereby contributing to minimize the effects of climate change.

WHY PROTECT AMPHIBIANS?

are good indicators of the health of our ecosystems and that, lead a double life (aquatic and terrestrial larval stage as an adult) are more sensitive to changes in the various media where you live, and even more if we consider that they have permeable skin very sensitive to that especially affects changes in the environment.

frog (Rana temporaria ).

They are priceless as natural insecticides and an adult toad can eat up to 3,000 insects per month, so that we can consider as good allies of the farmer.

are very useful in our regular medicine, the skin of amphibians have removed over 300 chemicals that are used to treat heart disease, Alzheimer's, herpes, AIDS, cancer etc.

... Yet.

Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates on the planet. Have become extinct more than 150 species in just 20 years, and about half of the 6,000 species are endangered. These are the main causes

• LOSS OF HABITAT

destruction and fragmentation of habitats is undoubtedly the most serious environmental problem worldwide and is considered one of the processes more devastating impact on biodiversity. This occurs when natural ecosystems are altered to adapt its surface for human use. Because of these changes, plants and animals that occupy them are limited in numbers, drastically reducing their number may even be driven to extinction.

What we see in this picture is the area that remained after using a pond (in the vicinity of the wetland Saldropo, close Barazar high in Zeanuri, Bizkaia) and lumber yard. This flooding was one of the few places in Bizkaia reproduced the Alpine newt ( Mesotriton alpestris).

ALIEN SPECIES

crawfish (Procambarus clarkii ).

The introduction of alien species as Florida turtles, crawfish and other fish species (mosquitofish, goldfish, etc.), In addition to transmitting diseases, they behave as predators and direct competitors of the native fauna.

• EMERGING DISEASES

The recent detection chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by fungus, probably extended to other continents from Africa through trade of frogs of the genus Xenopus (frogs polish). This disease has caused the extinction of at least a dozen species of amphibians on the planet. In the Iberian Peninsula, are being detected mass mortalities of the midwife toad (Alytes obsetricans ), amphibian common in our environment.

• OTHER

Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita ) hit.

overexploitation of resources, soil contamination by pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, solid waste, hunting and trading of species, direct killing because of his bad reputation , abuses, etc..

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