Data/hora: 06/06/2024 17:24:03

Provedor de dados: | 103
País: | Brazil
Título: | Indirect evidence of predation and intraspecific agression in three sympatric lizard species from a semi-arid area in northeastern Brazil
Autores: | Passos,Daniel C.; Galdino,Conrado A. B.; Bezerra,Castiele H.; Zanchi,Djan.
Data: | 2013-08-01
Ano: | 2013
Palavras-chave: | Amputation; Autotomy; Caatinga/integument scars; Non-lethal injuries.
Resumo: | We analyzed the frequency of tail autotomy, toe amputation and integument scars in three sympatric lizard species, Ameivula ocellifera, Tropidurus hispidus and T. semitaeniatus, from a Neotropical area of semi-arid Caatinga, in northeastern Brazil. We evaluated intraspecific differences in the frequency of injuries between the sexes within each species. Only in A. ocellifera there were differences in frequency of toe amputation and integument scars between males and females, with more injured females than males. This highest frequency of body injuries in females of A. ocellifera might be attributed to the mating behavior of the species, in which males bite and scratch the females. None of the species analyzed presented intersexual differences in frequency of tail autotomy. These findings might be due to similar predation pressure upon males and females as suggested for other lizards species.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000400016
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-46702013000400016
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.30 n.4 2013
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess