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Miranda RB, Klaczko J, Tonini JF, Brandão RA. Escaping from predators: a review of Neotropical lizards defence traits. ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2082538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Rogério B. Miranda
- Laboratório de Fauna e Unidades de Conservação, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília (DF), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anatomia Comparada de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília (DF), Brazil
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), USA
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- Laboratório de Fauna e Unidades de Conservação, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília (DF), Brazil
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Silva-da-Silva M, Almeida-Santos DA, Ribeiro S, Recoder RS, Santos AP. Reproductive Biology and Sexual Dimorphism of Gymnophthalmus vanzoi (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Population South of the Amazon River, Brazil. SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2994/sajh-d-17-00025.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Maiume Silva-da-Silva
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Salé, CEP 68035‑110, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Salé, CEP 68035‑110, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Salé, CEP 68035‑110, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, 101, Cidade Universitária, CEP 05508‑090, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Salé, CEP 68035‑110, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
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Vásquez-Restrepo JD, Ibáñez R, Sánchez-Pacheco SJ, Daza JM. Phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Neotropical lizard genus Echinosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with the recognition of two new genera in Cercosaurinae. Zool J Linn Soc 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The family Gymnophthalmidae is a highly diverse Neotropical lizard clade. Although multiple phylogenetic and taxonomic studies have reshaped our understanding of gymnophthalmid systematics and diversity, many groups remain understudied. This is the case for the cercosaurine genus Echinosaura, which includes eight species of small riparian lizards distributed across lower Central America and northern South America. Here, we present a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Echinosaura, including DNA data for all species of the genus for the first time. To rigorously test the relationships of all Echinosaura, we have assembled the largest molecular dataset of cercosaurine lizards to date. Our analysis refutes the monophyly of Echinosaura, with E. apodema and E. sulcarostrum not closely related to the remaining species. To remedy the polyphyly of Echinosaura, we describe two new genera for E. apodema and E. sulcarostrum. Morphological distinctiveness and biogeography further support these taxonomic changes. In light of our phylogenetic results, we review the species-level taxonomy of the redefined Echinosaura based on morphological and genetic variation. We resurrect E. centralis and designate a neotype given the absence of type and topotypic material. In addition, we provide taxonomic accounts for each species and analyse their patterns of geographic distribution.
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- Juan D Vásquez-Restrepo
- Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia (GHA), Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, calle, laboratorio, Medellín, Colombia
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, Republic of Panama
- Sistema Nacional de Investigación, Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT), Apartado, Panamá, Republic of Panama
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia (GHA), Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, calle, laboratorio, Medellín, Colombia
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Marques-Souza S, Prates I, Fouquet A, Camacho A, Kok PJR, Nunes PMS, Dal Vechio F, Recoder RS, Mejia N, Teixeira Junior M, Barrio-Amorós C, Cassimiro J, Dias Lima J, Aurélio de Sena M, Rodrigues MT. Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). ZOOL SCR 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Sergio Marques-Souza
- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Washington DC USA
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- Laboratoire Écologie, Évolution, Interactions des Systèmes Amazoniens (LEEISA); Université de Guyane, CNRS Guyane; Cayenne French Guiana
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Biology Department; Amphibian Evolution Lab; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Brussels Belgium
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Recife Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá; Núcleo de Biodiversidade; Macapá Amapá Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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We summarize thermal-biology data of 69 species of Amazonian lizards, including mode of thermoregulation and field-active body temperatures (Tb). We also provide new data on preferred temperatures (Tpref), voluntary and thermal-tolerance ranges, and thermal-performance curves (TPC's) for 27 species from nine sites in the Brazilian Amazonia. We tested for phylogenetic signal and pairwise correlations among thermal traits. We found that species generally categorized as thermoregulators have the highest mean values for all thermal traits, and broader ranges for Tb, critical thermal maximum (CTmax) and optimal (Topt) temperatures. Species generally categorized as thermoconformers have large ranges for Tpref, critical thermal minimum (CTmin), and minimum voluntary (VTmin) temperatures for performance. Despite these differences, our results show that all thermal characteristics overlap between both groups and suggest that Amazonian lizards do not fit into discrete thermoregulatory categories. The traits are all correlated, with the exceptions of (1) Topt, which does not correlate with CTmax, and (2) CTmin, and correlates only with Topt. Weak phylogenetic signals for Tb, Tpref and VTmin indicate that these characters may be shaped by local environmental conditions and influenced by phylogeny. We found that open-habitat species perform well under present environmental conditions, without experiencing detectable thermal stress from high environmental temperatures induced in lab experiments. For forest-dwelling lizards, we expect warming trends in Amazonia to induce thermal stress, as temperatures surpass the thermal tolerances for these species.
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Ecology of the Skink,Mabuya arajaraRebouças-Spieker, 1981, in the Araripe Plateau, Northeastern Brazil. J HERPETOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1670/13-018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Feeding and Reproductive Ecology of Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in Urban Ecosystems from Colombia. J HERPETOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1670/12-261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lara-Reséndiz RA, Díaz de la Vega-Pérez AH, Jiménez-Arcos VH, Gadsden H, Méndez-De la Cruz FR. Termorregulación de dos poblaciones de lagartijas simpátridas: Sceloporus lineolateralis y Sceloporus poinsettii (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) en Durango, México. REV MEX BIODIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.7550/rmb.36603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Garda AA, Wiederhecker HC, Gainsbury AM, Costa GC, Pyron RA, Calazans Vieira GH, Werneck FP, Colli GR. Microhabitat Variation Explains Local-scale Distribution of Terrestrial Amazonian Lizards in Rondônia, Western Brazil. Biotropica 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Adrian A. Garda
- Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis; DBEZ-Centro de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Campus Universitário; Lagoa Nova; Natal; RN; 59078-900; Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change; School of Marine & Tropical Biology; James Cook University; Townsville; QLD; 4811; Australia
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- Section of Integrative Biology; The University of Texas at Austin; University Station; C0900; Austin; TX; 78712; U.S.A
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- Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis; DBEZ-Centro de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Campus Universitário; Lagoa Nova; Natal; RN; 59078-900; Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences; The George Washington University; Washington; DC; 20052; U.S.A
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia; CCEN; Universidade Federal da Paraíba; João Pessoa; PB; 58051-900; Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade de Brasília; Brasília; DF; 70910-900; Brazil
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Ramos-Pallares E, Serrano-Cardozo VH, Ramírez-Pinilla MP. Reproduction ofPtychoglossus bicolor(Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in an Andean Coffee Shade Plantation in Colombia. J HERPETOL 2010. [DOI: 10.2994/057.005.0208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Costa GC, Colli GR, Constantino R. Can lizard richness be driven by termite diversity? Insights from the Brazilian Cerrado. CAN J ZOOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1139/z07-107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We test predictions of the Morton and James hypothesis, which states that high termite diversity promotes high lizard diversity. We explore consumption of termites by lizards in the Brazilian Cerrado, a system that shares many similarites with arid Australia whose fauna formed the basis for the original hypothesis. We found that Cerrado lizards prey heavily on termites. Several species had >40% of their diet consisting of termites, some species reached up to 80%. However, lizards prey on termites independently of their diversity in the environment and do not show niche segregation in relation to termite resource. Hence, our results in the Cerrado do not support the hypothesis that termite diversity can promote lizard diversity. The diets of Cerrado lizards have a high proportion of termites; however, the diets of desert lizards from the Australian and the Kalahari deserts have a much higher proportion of termites when compared with those from the Cerrado and the Amazon. Differences in termite consumption by lizards across ecosystems do not seem to be related to local termite diversity. We hypothesize that overall prey availability can explain this pattern. Several arthropod groups are abundant in the Cerrado and the Amazon. In deserts, other prey types may be less abundant; therefore, termites may be the best available resource.
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- G. C. Costa
- Pós–graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
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- Pós–graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
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- Pós–graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Código de Endereçamento Postal 70910-900, Brasília, DF Brasil
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Luiselli L. Do lizard communities partition the trophic niche? A worldwide meta-analysis using null models. OIKOS 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dzialowski EM. Use of operative temperature and standard operative temperature models in thermal biology. J Therm Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vitt LJ, Avila-Pires TCS, Zani PA, Espósito MC, Sartorius SS. Life at the interface: ecology of Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi in the western Amazon and comparisons with P. argulus and P. eigenmanni. CAN J ZOOL 2003. [DOI: 10.1139/z03-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The gymnophthalmid lizard Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi was studied at two Amazonian rain-forest sites. These lizards live at the interface of the terrestrial habitat and arboreal habitat, are active throughout the day at relatively low body temperatures, and maintain body temperatures (29.0 ± 0.34°C) slightly higher than ambient temperatures. Grasshoppers and crickets, roaches, insect larvae, and spiders dominate their carnivorous diet. Sexual size dimorphism is not apparent but differences in coloration and relative head size exist, with males having brighter and more vivid coloration and a relatively larger head. Differences in activity time, prey type, prey size, and microhabitat use exist between populations. A comparison of three species of Prionodactylus from Amazonian rain forest revealed some ecological similarity. However, differences in microhabitat use and diet exist. Differences in Baupläne were consistent with differences in microhabitat use. Dietary overlaps were relatively low; nevertheless, diets of the Prionodactylus species were more similar to each other than expected, based on a null model analysis in which a sampling of all diets was used for comparison.
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Vitt LJ, Sartorius SS, Avila-Pires TCS, Espósito MC. Life on the Leaf Litter: The Ecology ofAnolis nitens tandaiin the Brazilian Amazon. COPEIA 2001. [DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0401:lotllt]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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