Homing behaviour in the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa): The role of visual cues and the parietal eye

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 563-569

  Freake, Michael J ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial compass; Homing; Lizard; Orientation; Parietal eye

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TILIQUA RUGOSA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 0035181602     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100387     Document Type: Article

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