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- Title
An Experimental Investigation of Habitat Selection and Water Loss in Some Anoline Lizards.
- Authors
Sexton, Owen J.; Heatwole, Harold
- Abstract
The distribution of a forest-dwelling, iguanid lizard, Anolis limifrons, relative to overhead structure was studied in a screened cage with simulated canopy. The lizards did not distribute themselves within the cage relative to overhead configuration per se but to some secondary factor. Simultaneous measurements of water loss and activity were made on aA. limifrons and compared with those made on A. auratus, a grassland form. The latter survived significantly longer than the former. Activity increased rate of loss. When the effect of activity was eliminated, A. limifrons had significantly higher rates of loss than A. auratus (and higher ones than most other lizards which been studied). Vital limit and moisture content at fully hydration were not significantly different between the two species.
- Publication
Ecology, 1968, Vol 49, Issue 4, p762
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1935543