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Blamires, S. J. "Factors influencing the escape response of an arboreal agamid lizard of tropical Australia (Lophognathus temporalis) in an urban environment." Canadian Journal of Zoology 77, no. 12 (1999): 1998–2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z99-166.

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The escape response of the agamid lizard Lophognathus temporalis in an urban population was examined during the dry season. Two measurements of escape response were made: the distance an observer can approach before the lizard flees (approach distance) and the distance the lizard flees to refuge (flight distance). The relationship between approach distance and flight distance was examined, as was the relationship between air temperature and both approach distance and flight distance. The influence of time of day, the lizard's perch (in a tree or on the ground), and year (1996 or 1998) on the e

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M'Closkey, Robert T., Richard J. Deslippe, Christopher P. Szpak, and Keith A. Baia. "Tree lizard distribution and mating system: the influence of habitat and food resources." Canadian Journal of Zoology 68, no. 10 (1990): 2083–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z90-290.

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We examined the distribution of an insectivorous iguanid lizard (Iguanidae: Urosaurus ornatus, tree lizard) in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona in 1984, 1986, and 1987. The purpose of the investigation was to examine the ecological correlates of lizard distribution and mating system. Data from 420 marked lizards which were captured 1552 times provided information on habitat-level differences in lizard numbers and characteristics of home ranges in which oviposition occurred. In addition, we evaluated the role of arthropod food resources in the distribution of female home range and in the mating st

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Sazima, Ivan, Cristina Sazima, and Marlies Sazima. "Little dragons prefer flowers to maidens: a lizard that laps nectar and pollinates trees." Biota Neotropica 5, no. 1 (2005): 185–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032005000100018.

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Lizards rarely visit and pollinate flowers, the few recent records being mostly restricted to island habitats. We report here on the Noronha skink (Euprepis atlanticus) seeking nectar in the flowers of the leguminous mulungu tree (Erythrina velutina) at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. The mulungu tree blooms during the dry season, and each flower secretes copious and diluted nectar throughout the day. The Noronha skink climbs up to the inflorescences and laps the nectar accumulated in the flowers' base. While exploiting the flowers and crawling over the inflorescences, t

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Vitt, Laurie J. "Ecology and life history of the scansorial arboreal lizard Plica plica (Iguanidae) in Amazonian Brazil." Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, no. 2 (1991): 504–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-077.

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A field study on two populations of the tropical iguanid lizard Plica plica in the Brazilian Amazon revealed that this lowland forest species is diurnal, occurs on vertical smooth-barked trunks of the largest trees in the forest, and feeds mostly on ants. Comparisons between rainy season samples from Pará and dry season samples from Rondonia show that even though lizards ate, on average, the same number of prey, prey were larger in Rondonia and prey diversity was greater in Pará. Lizards sleep on tree trunks or similar surfaces when available, apparently leaving the trees only to deposit eggs.

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Paterson, James E., Stacey L. Weiss, and Gabriel Blouin-Demers. "Experimental removal reveals only weak interspecific competition between two coexisting lizards." Canadian Journal of Zoology 96, no. 8 (2018): 888–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0279.

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Competition for resources is an important mechanism that shapes ecological communities. Interspecific competition can affect habitat selection, fitness, and abundance in animals. We used a removal experiment and mark–recapture to test the hypothesis that competition with the larger and more abundant Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus H.M. Smith, 1938) limits habitat selection, fitness, and abundance in Ornate Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus (Baird in Baird and Girard, 1852)). Ornate Tree Lizards in the plots where Striped Plateau Lizards were removed switched between habitat types mor

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Vitt, Laurie J., Peter A. Zani, and Teresa Cristina S. Avila-Pires. "Ecology of the arboreal tropidurid lizard Tropidurus (=Plica) umbra in the Amazon region." Canadian Journal of Zoology 75, no. 11 (1997): 1876–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-817.

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The tropidurid lizard Tropidurus umbra lives on medium-sized trees in lowland tropical forest of the Amazon region. Individuals may be active on tree trunks in sun or shade, with most activity occurring from 11:00 to 13:00. Body temperatures average 29.1 °C. The diet consists nearly exclusively of ants and there is no relationship between prey size and lizard size. Females reach sexual maturity at 79 mm snout–vent length (SVL) and males at 78 mm SVL. Although there appears to be no sexual dimorphism in SVL, males have relatively larger heads than females. Clutch size is usually two eggs and fe

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Martín, José, Jesús Ortega, and Pilar López. "Chemical Compounds from the Preanal Gland Secretions of the Male Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) (Fam. Agamidae)." Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 68, no. 5-6 (2013): 253–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znc-2013-5-612.

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Chemical signals have an important role in the reproductive behaviour of many lizards. However, the compounds secreted by their femoral or preanal glands, which may be used as sexual signals, are mainly known for lizard species within the Scleroglossa clade, whereas compounds in secretions of lizards within the Iguania clade are much less studied. Based on mass spectra, obtained by GC-MS, we found 60 lipophilic compounds in preanal gland secretions of the male tree agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) (fam. Agamidae), including steroids (mainly cholesterol, cholest-3-ene, and some of their derivat

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Benício, Ronildo Alves, Daniel Cunha Passos, Abraham Mencía, and Zaida Ortega. "Microhabitat selection of the poorly known lizard Tropidurus lagunablanca (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in the Pantanal, Brazil." Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61 (February 18, 2021): e20216118. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.18.

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Understanding how different environmental factors influence species occurrence is a key issue to address the study of natural populations. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how local traits influence the microhabitat use of tropical arboreal lizards. Here, we investigated the microhabitat selection of the poorly known lizard Tropidurus lagunablanca (Squamata: Tropiduridae) and evaluated how environmental microhabitat features influence animal’s presence. We used a Resource Selection Function approach, in a case/control design where we analyzed the effect of substrate temperature and tre

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Vitt, Laurie J. "Ecology and life history of the wide-foraging lizard Kentropyx calcarata (Teiidae) in Amazonian Brazil." Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, no. 11 (1991): 2791–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-393.

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Kentropyx calcarata is a widely foraging terrestrial lizard that is most common in edge situations (riparian, tree falls) in tropical lowland rain forest of South America. Various microhabitats are used, and lizards often forage in vegetation off the ground in a leaf-gleaning fashion. Body temperatures during activity average 37.6 °C in sun and 35.7 °C in shade, body temperature always being higher than that of the substrate or air. Daily activity appears to be associated with availability of direct sunlight. Differences in lizard body size (reflecting age), activity times, prey composition, a

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Maia-Carneiro, Thiago, Simone Langie-Santos, and Carlos Arturo Navas. "Defensive behaviors of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983 (Squamata, Tropiduridae)." Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences 7, no. 15 (2020): 39–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071504.

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Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983 (Squamata, Tropiduridae) is a lizard species found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. Here, we present defensive behaviors performed by T. catalanensis, adding information about how these lizards avoid predation. Our observations were in an introduced urban population in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, where individuals performed immobility, locomotor escape by running and climbing, squirreling, tail waving, tail lifting, mouth opening, forced escape, and cloacal discharge. When approached by the potential predator, T. catalanensis ten

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Streicher, Jeffrey W., and John J. Wiens. "Phylogenomic analyses of more than 4000 nuclear loci resolve the origin of snakes among lizard families." Biology Letters 13, no. 9 (2017): 20170393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0393.

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Squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are the most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates, with more than 10 000 species. Despite considerable effort to resolve relationships among major squamates clades, some branches have remained difficult. Among the most vexing has been the placement of snakes among lizard families, with most studies yielding only weak support for the position of snakes. Furthermore, the placement of iguanian lizards has remained controversial. Here we used targeted sequence capture to obtain data from 4178 nuclear loci from ultraconserved elements from 32 squamate taxa

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Lattanzio, Matthew. "Escape tactic plasticity of two sympatric Norops (Beta Anolis) species in Northeast Costa Rica." Amphibia-Reptilia 30, no. 1 (2009): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853809787392658.

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AbstractOptimal Escape Theory (OET) has been used extensively to predict escape responses of lizards facing predation, yet few studies have examined the responses of two species that share the same habitat, even though such lizards may exhibit distinct patterns of spatial habitat use and behaviour. Furthermore, while OET may predict when escape behaviour should occur, it does not account for any variation in tactics used. Here, the escape behaviour of sympatric Norops humilis and N. limifrons lizards were studied. Lizard microhabitats were categorized and approach speeds were randomised such t

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Apesteguía, Sebastián, Juan D. Daza, Tiago R. Simões, and Jean Claude Rage. "The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa." Royal Society Open Science 3, no. 9 (2016): 160462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160462.

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The fossil record shows that iguanian lizards were widely distributed during the Late Cretaceous. However, the biogeographic history and early evolution of one of its most diverse and peculiar clades (acrodontans) remain poorly known. Here, we present the first Mesozoic acrodontan from Africa, which also represents the oldest iguanian lizard from that continent. The new taxon comes from the Kem Kem Beds in Morocco (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) and is based on a partial lower jaw. The new taxon presents a number of features that are found only among acrodontan lizards and shares greatest simila

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Weiss, Stacey L., Gwynne Johnston, and Michael C. Moore. "Corticosterone stimulates hatching of late-term tree lizard embryos." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 146, no. 3 (2007): 360–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.009.

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Henderson, Robert W., and John C. Murphy. "The Collared Tree Lizard, Plica plica (Tropiduridae), on Grenada." Reptiles & Amphibians 19, no. 3 (2012): 215–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/randa.v19i3.13902.

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Templeton, Alan R., Jennifer L. Neuwald, Hilary Brazeal, and R. James Robertson. "Invited Minireview: Restoring Demographic Processes in Translocated Populations: The Case of Collared Lizards in the Missouri Ozarks Using Prescribed Forest Fires." Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53, no. 2 (2007): 179–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1560/ijee.53.2.179.

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Habitat fragmentation is one of the more important contributors to species endangerment, but one form of fragmentation, here called dispersal fragmentation, can often go unobserved for many years after it has occurred. Many species live in naturally fragmented habitats, but the local populations are interconnected genetically and demographically by dispersal through the environmental matrix in which the habitats are embedded. Because of dispersal, the local populations are not truly fragmented evolutionarily or ecologically. However, when human activities alter the environmental matrix such th

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Corti, Claudia, Marta Biaggini, and Roberto Berti. "Different habitats, different pressures? Analysis of escape behaviour and ectoparasite load in Podarcis sicula (Lacertidae) populations in different agricultural habitats." Amphibia-Reptilia 30, no. 4 (2009): 453–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853809789647068.

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AbstractHuman agricultural activities can deeply alter the environment thus provoking major impacts on a variety of organisms. Agricultural habitats however can be very different from one another in terms of habitat structure and management intensity, presenting varying pressures and/or benefits for different species. Agro-ecosystems can have opposing effects on reptiles and in some circumstances the presence of a species can even been enhanced by agricultural practices. We focused our study on Podarcis sicula, a relatively widespread lacertid lizard commonly present in agro-environments in It

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ZAMPROGNO, C., M. das G. F. ZAMPROGNO, and R. L. TEIXEIRA. "Evidence of terrestrial feeding in the arboreal lizard Enyalius bilineatus (Sauria, Polychrotidae) of south-eastern Brazil." Revista Brasileira de Biologia 61, no. 1 (2001): 91–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0034-71082001000100012.

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The diet of the arboreal lizard E. bilineatus was assessed based on analysis of gut contents of specimens collected in the remnants of the Atlantic rainforest in Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil. Stomachs of the lizards examined (SVL = 57.0-85.0 mm) contained nine arthropod orders. E. bilineatus utilizes a broad range of arthopodan prey type and sizes, and can be considered an arthropod generalist, which uses a sit-and-wait foraging strategy. Orthoptera represented the most important food item, followed by Dictyoptera and Hymenoptera. Hemiptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera (larvae), Coleo

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Lyson, Tyler R., Erik A. Sperling, Alysha M. Heimberg, Jacques A. Gauthier, Benjamin L. King, and Kevin J. Peterson. "MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade." Biology Letters 8, no. 1 (2011): 104–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0477.

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Despite much interest in amniote systematics, the origin of turtles remains elusive. Traditional morphological phylogenetic analyses place turtles outside Diapsida—amniotes whose ancestor had two fenestrae in the temporal region of the skull (among the living forms the tuatara, lizards, birds and crocodilians)—and allied with some unfenestrate-skulled (anapsid) taxa. Nonetheless, some morphological analyses place turtles within Diapsida, allied with Lepidosauria (tuatara and lizards). Most molecular studies agree that turtles are diapsids, but rather than allying them with lepidosaurs, instead

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Reef, Ruth, Ilka C. Feller, and Catherine E. Lovelock. "Mammalian herbivores in Australia transport nutrients from terrestrial to marine ecosystems via mangroves." Journal of Tropical Ecology 30, no. 3 (2014): 179–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467414000054.

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Abstract:Nutrient subsidies from one ecosystem to another serve a critical link among ecosystems. The transfer of materials across the terrestrial-to-marine boundary is considered to be driven by hydrological connectivity, but animal movement can provide another pathway for nutrient transfers. In two separate studies we assessed the role mammals (bats and kangaroos) play in alleviating nutrient limitation in mangrove forests in Australia. At Lizard Island, we measured tree growth and foliar elemental and isotopic composition of trees growing within and outside a large flying fox roost. In West

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Haenel, Gregory J. "Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Populations of the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus." Copeia 1997, no. 1 (1997): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1447853.

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Goldberg, Stephen R., H. J. Holshuh, George A. Middendorf III, and Naida Zucker. "Natural Cactus Spine Injury in the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus (Phrynosomatidae)." Southwestern Naturalist 39, no. 3 (1994): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3671603.

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M'Closkey, Robert T., Keith A. Baia, and Ronald W. Russell. "Tree Lizard (Urosaurus Ornatus) Territories: Experimental Perturbation of the Sex Ratio." Ecology 68, no. 6 (1987): 2059–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1939897.

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Kabelik, David, Stacey L. Weiss, and Michael C. Moore. "Steroid hormones alter neuroanatomy and aggression independently in the tree lizard." Physiology & Behavior 93, no. 3 (2008): 492–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.008.

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Thaker, Maria, Steven L. Lima, and Diana K. Hews. "Acute corticosterone elevation enhances antipredator behaviors in male tree lizard morphs." Hormones and Behavior 56, no. 1 (2009): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.009.

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Ota, Hidetoshi. "Tree crevices as night shelters for a scincid lizard,Mabuya longicaudata." Journal of Ethology 5, no. 1 (1987): 92–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02347901.

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LOWRY, J. K., and H. E. STODDART. "Wandinidae." Zootaxa 2260, no. 1 (2009): 927–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.55.

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One species of wandinid amphipod is reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Wandin griffini Lowry & Stoddart is known from Lizard Island, One Tree Island and reefs on the Outer Barrier, living among rubble usually at the base of living coral. The species is rare in this habitat.

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Morris, Cynthia L., and Matthew S. Lattanzio. "Intraspecific variation in tree lizard escape behaviour in relation to habitat and temperature." Behaviour 157, no. 2 (2020): 185–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003586.

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Abstract Optimal escape theory has proven useful for understanding the dynamics of antipredator behaviour in animals; however, approaches are often limited to single-population studies. We studied how the escape behaviour of tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) varied across a disturbance gradient. We also considered how sex, body temperature, and perch temperature affected their escape decisions. Both sexes exhibited similar response patterns; however, lizards in the most-disturbed habitat, as well as cooler (body or perch temperature) lizards, initiated escape earlier (but did not flee further)

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Sazima, Ivan, Cristina Sazima, and Marlies Sazima. "A catch-all leguminous tree: Erythrina velutina visited and pollinated by vertebrates at an oceanic island." Australian Journal of Botany 57, no. 1 (2009): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt08179.

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Species of the pantropical genus Erythrina (Fabaceae) are visited by perching and/or hovering birds in the mainland. At the oceanic island of Fernando de Noronha, north-eastern Brazil, we found that Erythrina velutina Willd. blooms during the dry season and the flowers are visited by a small vertebrate assemblage. Flowers last 2 days and their stigmas remain receptive, although only first-day flowers produce nectar. Nectar is dilute and produced copiously. All terrestrial native vertebrates (three of them endemics), the dove Zenaida auriculata noronha, the perching birds Vireo gracilirostris a

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Taylor, Julie N., and Matthew S. Lattanzio. "Boldness, Dominance, and Territoriality in the Color Polymorphic Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus." Ethology 122, no. 11 (2016): 892–901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12534.

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Shine, R., and R. Lambeck. "Ecology of Frillneck Lizards, Chlamydosaurus-Kingii (Agamidae), in Tropical Australia." Wildlife Research 16, no. 5 (1989): 491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9890491.

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Radiotelemetric monitoring of 18 free-ranging frillneck lizards in Kakadu National Park, combined with dissection of museum specimens, provided extensive data on the natural history and general ecology of this large and spectacular lizard. Activity patterns and reproductive cycles are highly seasonal, with lizards inactive during the drier (and cooler) months of the year. Frillnecks are primarily arboreal and are relatively unselective with regard to the species of tree used except that one common species, Eucalyptus confertyora, is avoided. Telemetered lizards usually clung to branches high i

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Sazima, Ivan, Cristina Sazima, and Marlies Sazima. "Corrigendum to: A catch-all leguminous tree: Erythrina velutina visited and pollinated by vertebrates at an oceanic island." Australian Journal of Botany 58, no. 1 (2010): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt08179_c1.

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Species of the pantropical genus Erythrina (Fabaceae) are visited by perching and/or hovering birds in the mainland. At the oceanic island of Fernando de Noronha, north-eastern Brazil, we found that Erythrina velutina Willd. blooms during the dry season and the flowers are visited by a small vertebrate assemblage. Flowers last 2 days and their stigmas remain receptive, although only first-day flowers produce nectar. Nectar is dilute and produced copiously. All terrestrial native vertebrates (three of them endemics), the dove Zenaida auriculata noronha, the perching birds Vireo gracilirostris a

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Sazima, Ivan, Cristina Sazima, and Marlies Sazima. "Corrigendum to: A catch-all leguminous tree: Erythrina velutina visited and pollinated by vertebrates at an oceanic island." Australian Journal of Botany 57, no. 7 (2009): 627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt08179_co.

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Species of the pantropical genus Erythrina (Fabaceae) are visited by perching and/or hovering birds in the mainland. At the oceanic island of Fernando de Noronha, north-eastern Brazil, we found that Erythrina velutina Willd. blooms during the dry season and the flowers are visited by a small vertebrate assemblage. Flowers last 2 days and their stigmas remain receptive, although only first-day flowers produce nectar. Nectar is dilute and produced copiously. All terrestrial native vertebrates (three of them endemics), the dove Zenaida auriculata noronha, the perching birds Vireo gracilirostris a

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Cooper, Jr., William. "Risk Factors and Emergence from Refuge in the Lizard Eumeces Laticeps." Behaviour 135, no. 8 (1998): 1065–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853998792913465.

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AbstractI studied effects of three risk factors, predator proximity, persistence in attacking, and speed, on latency to emerge after entering a refuge in the scincid lizard Eumeces laticeps. I simulated a predator by directly approaching a lizard until it took refuge, usually a tree hole. Costs per unit time of lost opportunities to forage or engage in other activities enhancing fitness did not vary with risk factors. Skinks remained in refuges longer when I stayed near the refuges than when I withdrew to a greater distance. At both distances, skinks monitored my presence visually from positio

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Boykin, Ken, and Naida Zucker. "Winter Aggregation on a Small Rock Cluster by the Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus." Southwestern Naturalist 38, no. 3 (1993): 304. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3671443.

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Frýdlová, Petra, Jana Mrzílková, Martin Šeremeta, et al. "Determinate growth is predominant and likely ancestral in squamate reptiles." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1941 (2020): 20202737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2737.

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Body growth is typically thought to be indeterminate in ectothermic vertebrates. Indeed, until recently, this growth pattern was considered to be ubiquitous in ectotherms. Our recent observations of a complete growth plate cartilage (GPC) resorption, a reliable indicator of arrested skeletal growth, in many species of lizards clearly reject the ubiquity of indeterminate growth in reptiles and raise the question about the ancestral state of the growth pattern. Using X-ray micro-computed tomography (µCT), here we examined GPCs of long bones in three basally branching clades of squamate reptiles,

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BUIJ, RALPH, NIKIE VAN DORST, HENRIËTTE F. SALOMONS, BARBARA M. CROES, MAURINE W. DIETZ, and JAN KOMDEUR. "Response to habitat modification by foraging Dark-chanting Goshawks Melierax metabates in a West African savanna." Bird Conservation International 25, no. 3 (2014): 335–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270914000112.

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SummaryAnthropogenic habitat alteration has probably contributed significantly to the decrease of raptor populations in West African savannas. To evaluate the impact of habitat degradation on foraging by sedentary Afrotropical raptors, we investigated the differences in microhabitat selection, foraging effort and energy returns between Dark-chanting Goshawks Melierax metabates inhabiting natural and transformed savannas in Cameroon. We expected that the agro-ecosystems in the transformed savannas have become unprofitable for Dark-chanting Goshawks due to scarcity of food resources. In both sav

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Raia, Pasquale, Luigi Ferranti, Silvia Castiglione, et al. "Predicted sea-level changes and evolutionary estimates for age of isolation in Central Mediterranean insular lizards." Holocene 27, no. 3 (2016): 418–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683616660169.

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Rates of biological evolution on islands are often presumed to exceed rates on the mainland. We tested this postulation by computing the evolutionary rate of head shape in Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus, occurring on four islands off the coast of Southern Italy. We calculated the evolutionary rate using a phylogenetic tree whose node ages were derived from Lambeck et al. predicted ages of geographic isolation of the islands. Such ages are based on a relative sea-level change model for the late Pleistocene–Holocene. Through a likelihood optimization procedure, our method allows computing,

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Mella, Jorge, Jorge Mella-Romero, Felipe Reyes, and Cristián Muñoz. "The northernmost record of King’s Tree Iguana, Liolaemus kingii (Bell, 1843) (Reptilia, Liolaemidae), in Chile." Check List 16, no. 4 (2020): 1043–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1043.

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We report the presence of Liolaemus kingii (Bell, 1843) in Paso R&iacute;o Fr&iacute;as, Villa La Tapera, Lago Verde, Ays&eacute;n Region, Chile. The new record extends in 201 km the distribution range of this lizard and is the northernmost record to date in Chile. We highlight the importance of systematic fieldwork in Patagonian steppe to refine estimates of the number of reptile species in the Ays&eacute;n Region.

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Fitzsimons, James A. "Vertebrate prey handling in the Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris (Aves: Bucerotiformes: Bucerotidae)." Journal of Threatened Taxa 11, no. 14 (2019): 14891–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.5272.11.14.14891-14894.

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Most hornbills are omnivorous, but there are few specific records of how vertebrate prey are handled by hornbills, particularly in Asia. I describe an observation of a pair of Indian Grey Hornbills Ocyceros birostris handling a large vertebrate prey item (Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor) which included both manipulation (crushing) in the bill and repeated wiping on the branch of a tree, the latter technique undescribed for this or other species of hornbill. Likely reasons for this behaviour are discussed.

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Zucker, Naida. "Dorsal Darkening and Territoriality in a Wild Population of the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus." Journal of Herpetology 23, no. 4 (1989): 389. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1564050.

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Elfstrom, Bruce Ernst Olaf, and Naida Zucker. "Winter Aggregation and Its Relationship to Social Status in the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus." Journal of Herpetology 33, no. 2 (1999): 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1565721.

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Goldberg, Stephen R., and Charles R. Bursey. "Endohelminths of the Socorro Island Tree Lizard, Urosaurus auriculatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae), from Colima, Mexico." Comparative Parasitology 79, no. 2 (2012): 269–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4538.1.

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HAENEL, G. J. "Phylogeography of the tree lizard,Urosaurus ornatus: responses of populations to past climate change." Molecular Ecology 16, no. 20 (2007): 4321–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03515.x.

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MacLeod, Kirsty J., Nicole A. Freidenfelds, Gavin M. Leighton, and Tracy Langkilde. "Tree selection is linked to locomotor performance and associated noise production in a lizard." Journal of Zoology 307, no. 3 (2018): 195–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12632.

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Landwer, Allan J. "Manipulation of egg production reveals costs of reproduction in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)." Oecologia 100, no. 3 (1994): 243–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00316951.

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Paterson, James E., and Gabriel Blouin-Demers. "Tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus ) growth decreases with population density, but increases with habitat quality." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 329, no. 10 (2018): 527–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.2216.

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Feldman, Chris R., Oscar Flores-Villela, and Theodore J. Papenfuss. "Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61, no. 3 (2011): 714–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.008.

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Lattanzio, Matthew S., Kevin J. Metro, and Donald B. Miles. "Preference for Male Traits Differ in Two Female Morphs of the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus." PLoS ONE 9, no. 7 (2014): e101515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101515.

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Thaker, Maria, Steven L. Lima, and Diana K. Hews. "Alternative antipredator tactics in tree lizard morphs: hormonal and behavioural responses to a predator encounter." Animal Behaviour 77, no. 2 (2009): 395–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.014.

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