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| Sousa,Bernadete Maria de; Cruz,Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da; Carvalho,Rose Marie Hoffmann de; Silva,Maria Nei da. |
| A specimen of Enyalius perditus Jackson, 1978 collected in a pitfall trap installed at the Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Municipality of Lima Duarte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 19 March 1997, showed a transversal rupture of the skin, on dorsum of posterior region of the head, just joining the ear openings. In captivity, the continuance of the shedding scain spent approxima-tely one hour and forty minutes. The pieces of skin were removed in the sequence: head, venter, arms and flanks, legs, tail, and finally the tip of the fingers. The removed skin was eaten at the end of each stage. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Reptilia; Sauria; Enyalius perditus; Shedding skin. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752000000100019 |
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