New data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles of conservation interest in Southern Tuscany [Nuovi dati sulla distribuzione in Toscana meridionale di anfibi e rettili di interesse conservazionistico]

New data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles of conservation interest in southern Tuscany. The amphibian and reptile fauna native to southern Tuscany includes 31 species (13 amphibians and 18 reptiles), most of which are protected under the Habitats Directive (EEC Directive 43/1992, ratified by Italy with DPR 357/1997) and by the recent Tuscan Regional Law on biodiversity (LR 56/2000). Seventeen species are of particular significance and their conservation warrants or may require designation of Special Conservation Zones or Sites of Regional Importance. In this note, new data is provided on the distribution of eleven of these species (Salamandra salamandra, Salamandrina terdigitata, Triturus alpestris, Triturus carnifex, Bombina variegata, Bufo viridis, Rana italica, Coronella austriaca, Coronella girondica, Elaphe quatuorlineata and Natrix tessellata) which considerably increases the number of 10 × 10 km squares of the UTM grid in which these species are present in southern Tuscany.