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Dr Travis How and Dr Michael Butt, of Hinders University, say that sleepy lizards, large herbivorous skinks of semi-arid Lands, form monogamous pairs each spring that last six to eight weeks before mating. The bond is strong. Sleepy lizards guard mates. (journal extracts) Scientists from the...
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DeNardo DF, Sinervo B (1994) Effects of steroid hormone interaction on activity and home-range size of male lizards. Horm Behav 28:273-287 ArticlePubMedCASGoogle Scholar De Ridder E, Pinxten R, Eens M (2000) Experimental evidence of a testosteroneinduced shift from paternal to mating behavio...
Lizards Amblyrhynchus cristatus Trillmich (1983), Rauch (1985), Wikelski et al. (1997) Iguana iguana Dugan (1982), Rodda (1992) Conolophus subcristatus Werner (1982) Sauromalus obesus Berry (1974), Ryan (1982) Anolisgarmani Trivers (1976) Anolis valencienni Hicks and Trivers (1983) Anol...
Intraspecific communication is of crucial importance throughout the animal kingdom and may involve a combination of visual, gustatory, olfactory and acoustic cues. Variation in male sex pheromone amount and composition may convey important information to
Apparently, this is required to stimulate egg production in both lizards. When the eggs hatch, they will be all-female clones of the mother lizard. (Source) Straw Itch Mite: Incestuous Brothers After they are born, the male straw itch mites (pyemotes) hang around their mom, stinging her ...
An interesting aspect to reproduction in these asexual lizards is that mating behaviors are still seen, although the populations are all female. WikiMatrix The mating behavior and egg deposition are still not described, but it is thought that the eggs are not laid inside the oil. WikiMatrix ...
Genitals evolve faster than other traits in Anolis lizards. J Zool. 2015;295:44–8. Article Google Scholar Ilango K, Lane R. Coadaptation of male aedeagal filaments and female spermathecal ducts of the old world Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae). J Med Entomol. 2000;37(5):...
Mating Lizards Play a Game of Rock-Paper-ScissorsKristin Leutwyler