David G. Chapple

Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017 summarised results from the first comprehensive assessment of the Australian squamate fauna by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), updating a more precursory assessment in 1993. This review outlines the...

Beyond the mountains: incorporating newly documented low-elevation records reshapes predicted habitat suitability for the threatened mountain skink Liopholis montana

The mountain skink (Liopholis montana) is an alpine–montane specialist listed as Endangered under Australian legislation, with its Victorian distribution traditionally considered restricted to elevations >900 m. However, recent discoveries have revealed repeated, disjunct low-ele...