Horned lizards (Phrynosoma) incapacitate dangerous ant prey with mucus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 447-459

  Sherbrooke, Wade C ^a   Schwenk, Kurt ^b  

^a Southwestern Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MOUTH; MUCUS; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MOUTH; MUCUS; PHARYNX; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE; PHRYNOSOMA; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; POGONOMYRMEX; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 53549108035     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.472     Document Type: Article

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