Taste discrimination in a lizard (Anolis carolinensis, polychrotidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 490-498

  Stanger Hall, Kathrin F ^a   Zelmer, Derek A ^b   Bergren, Christine ^c   Burns, Stephanie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PREY SELECTION; SENSOR;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0035340136     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0490:TDIALA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. ARMSTRONG, J. A., H. J. GAMBLE, AND F. GOLDBY. 1953. Observations on the olfactory apparatus and the telencephalon of Anolis, a microsomatic lizard. J. Anat. 87:288-307.
2. BURGHARDT, G. M. 1970. Chemical perception in reptiles, p. 241-308. In: Communication by chemical signals. J. W. Johnston Jr., D. G. Moulton, and A. Turk (eds.). Appleton-Centnry-Crofts, New York.
3. COOPER JR., W. E. 1989. Absence of prey odor discrimination by iguanid and agamid lizards in applicator tests. Copeia 1989:472-478.
4. -. 1990. Prey odor detection by teiid and lacertid lizards and the relationship of prey odor detection to foraging mode in lizard families. Ibid. 1990:237-242.
5. _, AND A. C. ALBERTS. 1991. Tongue flicking and biting in response to chemical food stimuli by an iguanid lizard (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) having sealed vomeronasal ducts: vomerolfaction may mediate these behavioral responses. J. Chem. Ecol. 17: 135-146.
6. _, AND G. M. BURGHARDT. 1990. Vomerolfaction and vomodor. Ibid. 16:103-105.
7. CURIO, E., AND H. MÖBIUS. 1978. Versuche zum Nachweis eines Riechvermögens von Anolis l. lineatopus (Rept., Iguanidae). Z. Tierpsychol. 47:281-292.
8. FLEISHMAN, L. J., E. R. LOEW, AND M. LEAL. 1993. Ultraviolet vision in lizards. Nature 365:397.
9. GABE, M., AND H. SAINT GIRONS. 1976. Contribution a la morphologie comparée des fosses nasales et de leur annexes chez les lépidosoriens. Mem. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool.) 98:1-87.
10. GRAVES, B. M., AND M. HALPERN. 1989. Chemical access to the vomeronasal organs of the lizard Chalcides ocellatus. J. Exp. Zool. 249:150-157.
11. GREENBERG, N. 1985. Exploratory behavior and stress in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Z. Tierpsychol. 70: 89-102.
12. LINER, E. A. 1996. Natural history notes. Anolis carolinensis carolinensis (green anole). Nectar feeding. Herpetol. Rev. 27:78.
13. NORTHCUTT, R. G. 1979. The comparative anatomy of the nervous system and its sense organs, p. 615-696. In: Hyman's comparative anatomy. 3d ed. M. H. Wake (ed.). Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
14. PORTER, K. R. 1972. Herpetology. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.
15. RENSCH, B., AND M. EISENTRAUT. 1927. Experimentelle Untersuchungen über den Geschmackssinn der Reptilien. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 5:607-612.
16. ROMER, A. S., AND T. S. PARSONS. 1977. The vertebrate body. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA.
17. ROPER, T. J., AND S. REDSTON. 1987. Conspicuousness of distasteful prey affects the strength and durability of one-trial avoidance learning. Anim. Behav. 35: 739-757.
18. SCHWENK, K. 1985. Occurrence, distribution and functional significance of taste buds in lizards. Copeia 1985:91-101.
19. _. 1993. Are geckos olfactory specialists? J. Zool. Soc. Lond. 229:289-302.
20. _, AND G. C. MAYER. 1991. Tongue display in anoles and its evolutionary basis, p. 131-140. In: 4th Anolis newsletter. J. Losos and G. Mayer (eds.). National Museum of Natural History, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Washington, DC.
21. SEXTON, O. J. 1964. Differential predation by the lizard, Anolis carolinensis, upon unicoloured and polycoloured insects after an interval of no contact. Anim. Behav. 12:101-110.
22. SIMON, C. A. 1983. A review of lizard chemoreception, p. 119-133. In: Lizard ecology: studies of a model organism. R. B. Huey, E. R. Pianka, and T. W. Schoener (eds.). Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA.
23. SWORD, G. A. 1998. Density-dependent aposematism in Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Texas, Austin.
24. WILIARD, W. A. 1915. The cranial nerves of Anolis carolinensis. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 59:17-116.