CANNIBALISM IN A SANTA CRUZ LAVA LIZARD, Microlophus indefatigabilis (Tropiduridae), IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS
In this note, I describe the observation of an adult male of Microlophus indefatigabilis (Santa Cruz Lava Lizard) feeding on a juvenile of the same species. This observation adds to seven previous reports of cannibalism in this species, a behavior that is relatively widely distributed among Microlop...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/815 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/815 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | comportamiento alimentario depredación intraespecífica dieta isla oceánica Sauria Tropiduridae conspecific predation diet feeding behavior oceanic island |
| Sumario: | In this note, I describe the observation of an adult male of Microlophus indefatigabilis (Santa Cruz Lava Lizard) feeding on a juvenile of the same species. This observation adds to seven previous reports of cannibalism in this species, a behavior that is relatively widely distributed among Microlophus lizards. |
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