What are the names of those Lizards?
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G.W.
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We need to get Bez (the God not the Happy Mondays guy 
) back on the island pronto!
It's getting really serious tho, the other day the press reported a guy killed a snake in front of Lidl in Ibiza, not only a campo problem anymore.
www.periodicodeibiza.es
) back on the island pronto! It's getting really serious tho, the other day the press reported a guy killed a snake in front of Lidl in Ibiza, not only a campo problem anymore.
Un vecino de Ibiza mata una serpiente en plena calle
Un vecino de Ibiza ha matado en la mañana de este martes a un serpiente en plena calle. La invasión de ofidios es tan alta en la isla que ya se las puede encontrar hasta caminando por las calles de la ciudad.
www.periodicodeibiza.es
gutsy
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I was told (couple of weeks ago when we was on the island) that the snakes came over when the olive trees started to be imported from Greece however many years ago, is this true? correct me if I’m wrong. And also heard that the snake have almost wiped out the lizards up north but not quite down south of island. Any reason for this or is it a matter of time before they finish off all of the lizards from the island altogether.
stivi
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imported from andalucía in lots of cases.
metropolis
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I'm not a professional, but of course it's a huge problem! Since the snakes are imported and not a "natural" enemy, they lizzards have no defence strategy whatsoever!
mr_why
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A year old… but summary of the problem…
amp.theguardian.com
Lizards or snakes? The stark game of survival playing out in Ibiza | Global development | The Guardian
The growing trend for imported olive trees has brought hordes of invasive snakes to the Spanish island, threatening the future of its wall lizard
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2H76
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Just got home after a week in Ibiza/Formentera, and saw about a dozen lizards (two in Ibiza city itself, by the big car-park!). Normally it's hundreds. Didn't see any snakes, or traps, but I kept to the footpaths around Salinas, the snakes probably avoid humans.
Or could the number of snakes now be declining as they are being trapped, and also their food source running out? If we can eliminate them, even from a small area like Salinas, hopefully somewhere there's a lizard captivity place where they are safe and can breed; and some be released back?
But the disappointing thing was how few there were on Formentera, which I hoped might be easier to clear the snakes as it's smaller than Ibiza.
Or could the number of snakes now be declining as they are being trapped, and also their food source running out? If we can eliminate them, even from a small area like Salinas, hopefully somewhere there's a lizard captivity place where they are safe and can breed; and some be released back?
But the disappointing thing was how few there were on Formentera, which I hoped might be easier to clear the snakes as it's smaller than Ibiza.
The Sun God
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Saw hundreds on one of the cycle paths to es pujols last Oct. My friend there told me Form sadly hasn't escaped the snakes either though
The Sun God
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the war on predatory snakes will take a lot more than 80 traps imo
www.periodicodeibiza.es
Lucha contra las serpientes en Ibiza: Sant Josep reparte 80 trampas
El objetivo principal es frenar la expansión de los ofidios para proteger a las ‘sargantanes'. Durante la tarde de este miércoles se han distribuido 80 trampas para serpientes en las dependencias municipales de Sant Jordi. Esta iniciativa, llevada a cabo de manera conjunta entre el COFIB, el...
www.periodicodeibiza.es
jimmiz
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The war is already lost imothe war on predatory snakes will take a lot more than 80 traps imo
Lucha contra las serpientes en Ibiza: Sant Josep reparte 80 trampas
El objetivo principal es frenar la expansión de los ofidios para proteger a las ‘sargantanes'. Durante la tarde de este miércoles se han distribuido 80 trampas para serpientes en las dependencias municipales de Sant Jordi. Esta iniciativa, llevada a cabo de manera conjunta entre el COFIB, el...
mr_why
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the war on predatory snakes will take a lot more than 80 traps imo
Lucha contra las serpientes en Ibiza: Sant Josep reparte 80 trampas
El objetivo principal es frenar la expansión de los ofidios para proteger a las ‘sargantanes'. Durante la tarde de este miércoles se han distribuido 80 trampas para serpientes en las dependencias municipales de Sant Jordi. Esta iniciativa, llevada a cabo de manera conjunta entre el COFIB, el...
Agree they need 800+. Often stay in the same place, and seeing more and more each year. In June they almost felt like part of the family by the end of the week.
metropolis
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....very tragic, but probably true ! Even when we were hiking with Stivi, we saw one of these bastards last year in June.... it was dead... and we were not sad !The war is already lost imo
jimmiz
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Thank you to all the olive trees importators.
2H76
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Saw a few dozen on my walk around the lagoon last month, nothing like as many as normal, but at least they were there. Still not yet seen a snake, but I wonder if my previous thought of a safe sanctuary for the lizards where the snakes can't get at them and they could have young etc has been developed?
As for the Olive Trees, I bloody hate olives, now doubly so!!