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Albuquerque,Nelson Rufino de; Costa-Urquiza,Arianna da Silva; Soares,Michelly Pereira; Alves,Ledilene Saucedo; Urquiza,Marcus Vinícius Santiago. |
The dietary compositions of two sit-and-wait lizard species, Hemidactylus mabouia and Phyllopezus pollicaris, which co-occur over rocky substrate and vertical rock walls in a perianthropic area of western Brazil, were described. Both species showed a generalist feeding pattern, feeding mainly on insects. The most frequent prey items in the diet of P. pollicaris were Coleoptera, Araneae and Homoptera whereas the most important were Coleoptera and Homoptera, respectively. For H. mabouia the most frequent prey items were Araneae followed by Coleopterae and Hemiptera, whereas the most important items were H. mabouia followed by Formicidae and Hemiptera. Our identification into broader prey-types categories (i.e., order or family-level) suggests that some... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Food habits; Reptilia; Squamata; Pantanal; Mato Grosso do Sul. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032013000400376 |
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