OBSERVATIONS ON THE NESTING BEHAVIOR OF THE YUCATAN SPINY-TAILED IGUANA Cachryx defensor (SQUAMATA: IGUANIDAE) IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT
We describe the first record of a wild nest of the Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana (Cachryx defensor) in its natural habitat, with notes on probable nesting guarding behavior and nest site fidelity. On 22 March 2022, an adult female C. defensor was found inside a shelter in a hollow trunk of a black-sap...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/969 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/969 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fidelidad al sitio de anidación reptiles bosque seco Metopium brownei Guatemala Nesting site fidelity dry forest |
| Sumario: | We describe the first record of a wild nest of the Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana (Cachryx defensor) in its natural habitat, with notes on probable nesting guarding behavior and nest site fidelity. On 22 March 2022, an adult female C. defensor was found inside a shelter in a hollow trunk of a black-sap poisonwood (Metopium brownei), a toxic tree typical of the seasonally dry tropical forest and thorn scrub of Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, in far northern Guatemala. On closer inspection of the shelter, a clutch of three recently laid eggs was found in the trunk cavity above a bed of wood debris inside the hollow trunk. Several egg-shell fragments of what seems to be a clutch from the year before our finding were also observed. |
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