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Berlin researchers: Sand lizards feel at home on railway tracks + Pugnalom COMMENT

As a strictly protected species, sand lizards depend on the preservation of their habitats – especially given their sharply declining populations in Germany. Sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) find seemingly ideal living conditions along railway lines – as a new study by the Museum of Natural History in Berlin shows. Around 80 animals were fitted with transmitters along a railway line in Brandenburg and observed over several seasons. The… Read more »