The fauna
The best known and most widely studied part of the Park's fauna are the vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Most of the studies and research have been done in the Caffarella area.
Indeed, we know a lot about this area and its history.
However the list that follows can be considered valid for the whole Park area.
Amphibians: green toads too!
Edible frog, common tree frog, common toad, green toad, smooth newt, warty newt, and fire salamander.
Reptiles: from tortoises to whip snakes
Hermann's tortoise, moorish gecko, Turkish gecko, green lizard, Italian wall lizard, common wall lizard, slow worm, grass snake, aesculapian snake, four-lined snake, asp viper and western whip snake.
Birds: we also find reed warblers, corn buntings, great reed warblers,
Great tit, blue tit, goldfinch, greenfinch, serin, dunnock, nightingale, corn bunting, chiffchaff, blackbird, pied wagtail, great reed warbler, reed warbler, Cetti's warbler, wren, robin, whitethroat, blackcap, starling, jackdaw, hooded crow, skylark, hoopoe, swallow, housemartin, swift, wryneck, crested lark, snipe, moorhen, dove, collared dove, lapwing, feral pigeon, cuckoo, yellow legged gull, black headed gull, little owl, barn owl, tawny owl, scops owl, kestrel, black kite, buzzard, greater spotted woodpecker
Mammals: town and country dwellers
Western hedgehog, Roman mole, crested porcupine, lesser white-toothed shrew, pygmy white-toothed shrew, greater mouse-eared bat, common pipistrelle, greater horseshoe bat, western house mouse, black rat, brown rat, wood mouse, Savi's pine vole, rabbit, fox, weasel, and beech marten.
There are also stray dogs that are becoming feral.
Fish and crustaceans:
in the cleaner waters of the Caffarella two species of fish have been found: sticklebacks and roach, that are both being studied at present: the stickleback population is particularly at risk because of a reduction of its habitat.
The discovery of two crustaceans aroused great interest: the fairy shrimp and tadpole shrimp, which appear to have a very limited area of distribution in Italy.
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