Faunistic investigations involving all groups of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates were implemented in the proposed extended territory of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve which, besides the present Pálava Protected Landscape Area, also comprises the Lednice - Valtice area and the area of confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers. Furthermore, all available data, both published and unpublished, were gathered on the animals inhabiting the target area. Also, ecological data were evaluated, particularly as regards population sizes and variation in numbers, and the degree of endangerement and need for protection of the respective species were expressed. Some of the groups have been monitored for decades, and it is expected to continue monitoring selected vertebrates (fishes, birds, bats, souslik, beaver, etc.) Of fishes (Osteichthyes), the part of the Morava drainage area belonging to the target area (i.e. mainly the lower reaches of the Dyje and the water bodies in the adjacent floodplains) was found to harbour 44 autochthonous and 10 allochthonous fish species, i.e. 93.6 and 67.7 % respectively of the fish fauna of the Czech Republic. Recently, fish species new to the Czech Republic (Proterorhinus marmoratus, Sander volgensis, Gymnocephalus baloni) have been recorded in the area under study. Several species that had vanished in the past (Acipenser ruthenus, Pelecus cultratus, Zingel zingel) have returned to the area. Due to the barrier-free connection of the local running waters with the Danube, the local ichthyofauna is markedly influenced by that of the Black Sea drainage. In its species diversity and dynamics of its present development, the lower reaches of the Dyje and its drainage area present a unique hydrological fragment in the Czech Republic. Data on the occurrence of the particular fish species have been used in selecting habitats to be included among specially protected ones for the system NATURA 2000. Of amphibians (Amphibia), the extended territory of the Pálava BR was found to harbour 14 species, including Rana kl. esculenta, i.e. 66.7 % of the total number of amphibian species in the Czech Republic. Among them is the newt, Triturus dobrogicus which was first discovered in the Czech Republic in this very area, in the Soutok locality. All amphibian species reproduce in the study area. Of reptiles (Reptilia), 8 species (i.e. 72.7 % of the total reptile species in the Czech Republic) have been recorded in the study area. Five of them reproduce in it, while the remaining three, Emys orbicularis, Elaphe longissima and Natrix tessellata, probably do not inhabit the area permanently. However a reproducing population of Emys orbicularis has been introduced into the neighbouring Betlém locality. Birds (Aves) is the richest component of local vertebrate fauna as regards the number of species. A total of 306 bird species have been recorded in the extended territory of the Pálava BR, i.e. 76.7 % of the bird species known in the Czech Republic. The birds can be divided into several biological groups in which the numbers of species are given below (in brackets, percentage of numbers of species in the Czech Republic).

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