Arm-wave display in a liolaemus lizard
Lizards show a great variety of visual displays. Among them, arm-waving is a behaviour that has received little attention and its role is still controversial. Here, I analyse the armwaves of Liolaemus pacha lizards in their natural habitat with the aim of determining their function. Arm-waving was p...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/146000 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/146000 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | COMMUNICATION PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION REPTILES SOCIAL SIGNAL SUBMISSIVE VISUAL DISPLAY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Lizards show a great variety of visual displays. Among them, arm-waving is a behaviour that has received little attention and its role is still controversial. Here, I analyse the armwaves of Liolaemus pacha lizards in their natural habitat with the aim of determining their function. Arm-waving was performed by both sexes, usually with the ventral body surface in contact with the ground. Furthermore, it was more frequent when alone, and during female-male interactions. The results of this study are suggestive but not conclusive regarding the possible function of this behaviour. |
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