Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus danilewskii Strauch, 1887) is one of the two species of geckos inhabiting the territory of Bulgaria. In the recent years, new information on its distribution was published and big amount of data were collected. We organized an information platform for sha...

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Autores principales:	T. Koynova, P. Marinova, N. Nikolov, M. Kaschieva, C. Chernikov, V. Velkova, N. Natchev
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Publicado:	Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" 2021
Materias:	volunteers observation documentation population new locality gecko Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ace4b3b678474bd680d8e548ae608a4d2021-11-22T15:03:00ZCitizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria2707-725X2707-726810.15407/zoo2021.05.381https://doaj.org/article/ace4b3b678474bd680d8e548ae608a4d2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/234https://doaj.org/toc/2707-725Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2707-7268The Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus danilewskii Strauch, 1887) is one of the two species of geckos inhabiting the territory of Bulgaria. In the recent years, new information on its distribution was published and big amount of data were collected. We organized an information platform for sharing data on the biology and live-range of M. danilewskii in North-East Bulgaria. This gecko is a highly synanthropic species which is often observed by citizens. Here we report on four new observation spots and also confirm the presence of the species from recently published localities. All data were recorded by volunteers, hence we discuss on the methods for documentation of the specimens and the critical role of the citizen science to assess the range of distribution of the species.T. KoynovaP. MarinovaN. NikolovM. KaschievaC. ChernikovV. VelkovaN. NatchevPublishing House "Akademperiodyka"articlevolunteersobservationdocumentationpopulationnew localitygeckoZoologyQL1-991ENZoodiversity, Vol 55, Iss 5 (2021)
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spellingShingle	volunteers observation documentation population new locality gecko Zoology QL1-991 T. Koynova P. Marinova N. Nikolov M. Kaschieva C. Chernikov V. Velkova N. Natchev Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
description	The Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus danilewskii Strauch, 1887) is one of the two species of geckos inhabiting the territory of Bulgaria. In the recent years, new information on its distribution was published and big amount of data were collected. We organized an information platform for sharing data on the biology and live-range of M. danilewskii in North-East Bulgaria. This gecko is a highly synanthropic species which is often observed by citizens. Here we report on four new observation spots and also confirm the presence of the species from recently published localities. All data were recorded by volunteers, hence we discuss on the methods for documentation of the specimens and the critical role of the citizen science to assess the range of distribution of the species.
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author	T. Koynova P. Marinova N. Nikolov M. Kaschieva C. Chernikov V. Velkova N. Natchev
author_facet	T. Koynova P. Marinova N. Nikolov M. Kaschieva C. Chernikov V. Velkova N. Natchev
author_sort	T. Koynova
title	Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
title_short	Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
title_full	Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
title_fullStr	Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
title_full_unstemmed	Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria
title_sort	citizen science assisted monitoring provides new data concerning the distribution of the bulgarian bent-toed gecko, mediodactylus danilewskii (gekkonidae, squamata), in north-east bulgaria
publisher	Publishing House "Akademperiodyka"
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ace4b3b678474bd680d8e548ae608a4d
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Citizen Science Assisted Monitoring Provides New Data Concerning the Distribution of the Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus danilewskii (Gekkonidae, Squamata), in North-East Bulgaria

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