Preliminary data on the ecological density of Eremias arguta from grindul Chituc (Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve – Romania)

In August 2007 the author recorded the Eremias arguta specimens occurrring on the first row of high dunes from the coastal area of the central part of grindul Chituc. On the respective transact of about 3,2 km length there were present 371 individuals of Eremias arguta, representing an average of one lizard at every 8,5 m(roughly). On the respective, stripelike and very narrow habitat type (having a total surface of about 12,650 m2) the average density of the Eremias arguta was 293.3 specimens / ha.