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- Title
Chemical Recognition of Familiar vs. Unfamiliar Conspecifics by Juvenile Iguanid Lizards, Ctenosaura similis.
- Authors
Hanley, Kathryn A.; Elliott, Meredith L.; Stamps, Judy A.
- Abstract
The ability of juvenile black iguanas, Ctenosaura similis, to discriminate between the chemical cue of an unfamiliar and a familiar conspecific was tested. Lizards directed significantly more tongue extrusions toward the chemical cue of a size-matched conspecific with whom they had never interacted than the chemical cue of a size-matched conspecific with whom they had interacted for 3 d. We consider the possibility that the social relationship between familiar associates may explain variation in the direction and degree of response to unfamiliar vs. familiar chemical cues.
- Subjects
IGUANAS; LIZARDS
- Publication
Ethology, 1999, Vol 105, Issue 8, p641
- ISSN
0179-1613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00448.x