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- Title
BLOOD-SQUIRT OCCURRENCE IN THE MEXICAN PLATEAU HORNED LIZARD (PHRYNOSOMA ORBICULARE).
- Authors
Gómez-Benitez, Aldo; Sherbrooke, Wade C.; Granados-González, Gisela; Suárez-Varón, Gabriel; Pérez-Pérez, Ailed; López-Moreno, Ana Esthela; Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo
- Abstract
Blood-squirting from ocular sinuses is a unique defensive behavior widespread in horned lizards. During an ecological study in the state of Mexico, Mexico, we captured 24 males and 23 females of Phrynosoma orbiculare, of which three males squirted blood during gentle handling. Two individuals were of juvenile size, suggesting, with data from large adults, that P. orbiculare defensive strategy may be employed throughout life.
- Subjects
MEXICO; LIZARDS; DEFENSIVENESS (Psychology); ADULTS
- Publication
Southwestern Naturalist, 2020, Vol 65, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
0038-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1894/0038-4909-65.1.50