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Prey-handling and the evolutionary ecology of sand-swimming lizards (Lerista?: Scincidae)
(Springer: Oecologia, 1997-10)
Fossorial lizards differ in morphology from their surface-dwelling relatives. The Australian sphenomorphine skink genus Ctenotus consists of surface-dwelling species, and is closely related to the genus Lerista, which ...
The ecological cost of morphological specialization: feeding by a fossorial lizard
(Springer: Oecologia, 1987-08)
Head size and shape of reptiles may reflect selection for multiple uses. For example, sexual selection for large head size may enhance feeding efficiency. In contrast, morphological characteristics of the heads of fossorial ...
Energy costs of subduing and swallowing prey for a lizard
(The Ecological Society of America: Ecology, 1985-10)
We measured the oxygen consumption (aerobic energy cost) and lactic acid production (anaerobic energy cost) of scincid lizards, Chalcides ocellatus, eating domestic crickets. Aerobic metabolism accounted for 90% or more ...
Metabolism and activity of the spanish fringe-toed lizard (Lacertidae: acanthodactylus erythrurus)
(Elsevier: Journal of Thermal Biology, 1978-10)
1.In the field, adult fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus erythrusus) had a mean body temperature of 38.8 ± 0.2 (S.E.) °C while subadults maintained a significantly lowr temperature (x average = 35.4 +/- 0.5 degrees ...