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Summary: Ital. J. Zool., 68: 243-259 (2001)
Lista ragionata di nomi comuni
degli anfibi e dei rettili italiani
EDOARDO RAZZETTI
LAURA BONINI
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale,
Università degli Studi di Pavia,
Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia (Italia)
FRANCO ANDREONE
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali,
Sezione di Zoologia,
Via Giolitti 36, I-10123 Torino (Italia)
ABSTRACT
Common Italian names of the amphibians and reptiles present
in the geographic Italy are proposed. We analysed a large set of
bibliography in order to assess a list of Italian common names
used and we proposed the utilization of a single name, also in
view of the forthcoming publication of the distribution atlas of the
Italian herpetofauna. The criteria used to assign such names fol-
low in general the current use, the possibility to clearly distingui-
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