Do lingual behaviors and locomotion by two gekkotan lizards after experimental loss of bitten prey indicate chemosensory search?

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-231

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   DePerno, Christopher S ^a,b   Steele, Laura J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUBLEPHARIDAE; EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; FELIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKO GECKO; IGUANIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

CHEMOSENSORY SEARCH; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; LEOPARD GECKO; LINGUAL BEHAVIOUR; LOCOMOTION; TOKAY GECKO;

EID: 0030440527     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896X00405     Document Type: Article

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