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Provedor de dados: | 97
País: | Chile
Título: | Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
Autores: | Carvalho Ribas,Sueli; Velloso,Ana Lucia Rosario; Teixeira-Filho,Pedro; Rocha-Barbosa,Oscar; Evangelista,Heitor; Alves dos Santos,Elaine.
Data: | 2004-12-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Tropiduridae; Ecomorphology; Lizard; Claw; Microhabitat use.
Resumo: | Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand and foot, and length, width, height and curvature of the claws. We counted the number of adhesive lamellae of the largest toe of each member. T. torquatus has larger toes, greater number of adhesive lamellae and higher and more curve claws than L. lutzae. No significant differences in toe and claw widths were found. These results suggest that the differences found in the morphology of toes and claws of these two species would be associated with the differential microhabitat use. T. torquatus has morphological adaptations that allow it to use the microhabitat both vertically or horizontally, while L. lutzae use it only horizontally
Tipo: | Journal article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000400003
Editor: | Sociedad de Biología de Chile
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista chilena de historia natural  v.77 n.4 2004