| sexual differences in behavioral thermoregulation of the lizard scelarcis perspicillata. | temperature determines all aspects of the biology of ectotherms. although sexual differences in thermal ecology are not the rule in lizards, some species exhibit such differences. we studied the effect of sex and reproductive condition on the thermoregulation of an introduced population of scelarcis perspicillata during the summer in menorca (balearic islands, spain). these lizards live in the wall surfaces of a limestone quarry, where the sun is scarce because of the narrowness of the quarry wa ... | 2016 | 27712659 |
| from tameness to wariness: chemical recognition of snake predators by lizards in a mediterranean island. | antipredatory defenses are maintained when benefit exceeds cost. a weak predation pressure may lead insular lizards to tameness.podarcis lilfordiexhibits a high degree of insular tameness, which may explain its extinction from the main island of menorca when humans introduced predators. there are three species of lizards in menorca: the nativep. lilfordi, only on the surrounding islets, and two introduced lizards in the main island,scelarcis perspicillataandpodarcis siculus. in addition, there a ... | 2017 | 28123905 |