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Observações sobre o comportamento de Liolaemus occipitalis em cativeiro (Sauria, Tropiduridae)

1998; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0101-81751998000400008

ISSN

1806-969X

Autores

Clóvis Souza Bujes, Laura Verrastro,

Tópico(s)

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Resumo

OBSERVATIONS ON TIIE BEIIAVIOR OF LiOLAEMUS OCCIP/TALIS lN CAPTIVITY (SAURJA, TROPIDURIDAE).Liolaemus occipitalis (Boulenger, 1885) is an abundant lizard found along the coas tal dunes ofRio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Fourteen individuais were manually captured in the dunes ofQuintão beach (Palmares do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul) and studied in captivity from 23Nll/92 to 30N1I/93.They were kept in a terra ri um with sand substrate and vegetation collected in their habitat.Snout-vent length (SVL) and weighted were measured weekly.They received Tenebrio //lolitor (Linnaeus, 1758) wonns as food; water was abundan!.Combats between males for food and territory, and other behavioral displays were observed, like copulation and nesting behaviors.Growth curves for each lizard were analyzed.

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