Homonota horrida (South American Marked Gecko): Aquatic locomotion
On 26 November 2017 at 2134 h, in at La Majadita, Valle Fértil, San Juan, Argentina (30.7152°S, 67.4940°W; WGS 84; 1006 m elev.), an adult H. horrida was observed floating on water in a slow-flowing stream (Fig. 1),while hunting hemipterans (Gerridae). The lizard was suspended on the surface of the...
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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:11336/155834 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/155834 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Homonota horrida Locomoción Herpetología San Juan https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | On 26 November 2017 at 2134 h, in at La Majadita, Valle Fértil, San Juan, Argentina (30.7152°S, 67.4940°W; WGS 84; 1006 m elev.), an adult H. horrida was observed floating on water in a slow-flowing stream (Fig. 1),while hunting hemipterans (Gerridae). The lizard was suspended on the surface of the water and swam in it, making snake-like motions, to try to capture approaching insects. |
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