TAIL BIFURCATION IN A MESQUITE LIZARD Sceloporus grammicus (SQUAMATA: PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) in a POPULATION FROM TOLUCA, MEXICO

Anomalies in tail regeneration have been documented for various families of lizards; however, information for Mexican lizards is scarce. Although Sceloporus grammicus is one of the most studied lizards in Mexico, here we document for the first time the observation of a gravid female with tail bifurc...

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Autores: Suárez Varón, Gabriel, Nava-Almazán, Carolina, Octaviano-Valencia, Kenia Itzel, de la Rosa-Silva, Edgar, Granados-González, Gisela, Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo
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/985
Acceso en línea:https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/985
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:autotomía caudal
anomalía
lagartija
regeneración de cola
caudal autotomy
abnormality
lizard
tail regeneration
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Sumario:Anomalies in tail regeneration have been documented for various families of lizards; however, information for Mexican lizards is scarce. Although Sceloporus grammicus is one of the most studied lizards in Mexico, here we document for the first time the observation of a gravid female with tail bifurcation. In addition, we include data on the frequency of occurrence of caudal autotomy in females and males.