Elevated tongue-flicking and biting by the insectivorous lygosomine skink mabuya macularia to prey, but not plant, chemicals

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-186

  Cooper, W E ^a   Habegger, J J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemical senses; Diet; Mabuya macularia; Prey; Scincidae; Squamata; Tongue flicking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; LIZARD;

CORUCIA ZEBRATA; MABUYA MACULARIA;

EID: 0034210985     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2000.9522812     Document Type: Article

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