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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41804| Title: | The herpetofauna of the Maltese Islands |
| Authors: | Savona-Ventura, Charles |
| Keywords: | Amphibians -- Malta Reptiles -- Malta Geology -- Malta Geology, Structural -- Malta Leatherback turtle -- Malta Turtles -- Malta Common chameleon -- Malta Lizards -- Malta Chameleons -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1985 |
| Publisher: | Gulf Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Savona-Ventura, C. (1985). The herpetofauna of the Maltese Islands. Civilization , 25, 693-695. |
| Abstract: | The Maltese archipelago, consisting of six islands and rocks together occupying no more than hundred square kilometers, is situated almost at the centre of the Mediterranean, bearing 35 54N 14 28E. The Islands lie about 160 km south of Sicily and about 300 km north to the Libyan coast. Composed of a miocene limestone, the Islands probably emerged at about the end of the Miocene c. 10 million years ago. During their post-miocene evolution they were probably connected to Sicily, the east Mediterranean lands, Sardinia, Libya and Tunisia, the most recent connection being with Sicily in the Wiirm glacial (the last of the ice ages of the Pliestocene, c. 100,000 years ago). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41804 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCAgrAC |
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