This advice note identifies the impact new and existing roads are likely to have on native reptile populations and how those impacts can be mitigated.

This is part of our Good Practice Guidance for Amphibians and Reptiles, produced by Stuart Otway, Jim Foster and Paul Edgar.

Reference: Highways Agency (2005). Nature Conservation Advice in Relation to Amphibians. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Volume 10, Section 4, Part 7, Highways Agency