Back in 2016, one of us (Silviu Petrovan) was asked to identify a live frog found in a shipment of roses in Sheffield, England. It certainly wasn't a ...

Across mainland Europe, a number of exotic reptiles and amphibians have been accidentally discovered, particularly in potted olive trees: Italian wall lizard found on a crate in a plant nursery in ...

Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are among the animals making their way to the region in potted olive trees destined for gardens and green space, according to the study ...

"Adult snakes and lizards are just the tip of the iceberg," said Prof William Sutherland, of the University of Cambridge. "If ...

Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are among those going undetected among ornamental olive trees destined for gardens. In a study published by researchers at the ...

Researchers say improved standards are urgently needed to make the importing of plants more sustainable and less damaging Olive trees on sale in UK garden centre (Silviu Petrovan/University of ...

Ornamental olive trees destined for gardens and green spaces are particularly risky, researchers said, and have brought continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards to northern ...

SNAKES, frogs and lizards have been caught entering mainland Europe and the UK on potted plants ... University of Cambridge Snakes and Italian wall lizards have been imported into countries ...

Snakes and lizards are also slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in vast shipments of flowers and potted plants, researchers have warned. Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall ...