Lingually mediated discriminations among prey chemicals and control stimuli in cordyliform lizards: Presence in a gerrhosaurid and absence in two cordylids

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-368

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Steele, Laura J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemosensory behavior; Cordylidae; Cordyliformes; Cordylus cordylus; Foraging behavior; Gerrhosauridae; Gerrhosaurus validus; Lacertilia; Platysaurus pungweensis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PREY LOCATION;

CORDYLUS CORDYLUS; GERRHOSAURUS NIGROLINEATUS; GERRHOSAURUS VALIDUS; PLATYSAURUS PUNGWEENSIS;

EID: 0344117853     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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