Title
Aspects of the thermal ecology of liolaemus etheridgei laurent, 1998 (Reptilia: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Societas Europaea Herpetologica
Abstract
Liolaemus etheridgei is a lizard distributed in the Andes of southern Peru with very little knowledge about its thermal ecology. Thus, this study sought to report aspects of thermal ecology using field data on body temperature (Tb), air temperature (Ta), and substrate temperature at capture points (Ts). The variabilities of temperatures were estimated. Likewise, all temperatures were compared, and the relationships between them were determined through correlation analyses. L. etheridgei showed a labile Tb (26.03 ± 1.81 ºC, Range: 18-34.6 ºC), suggesting that it is a thermal generalist. Mean Tb was 6.28 ºC (± 4.46) higher than Ta, but similar to Ts. There was a significant correlation between Ta and Tb (r = 0.624, P < 0.001), but not between Ts and Tb (r = 0.278, P = 0.1), thus indicating that L. etheridgei would most likely be a heliothermic rather than a thigmothermic species. This study represents the first effort to understand the thermal ecology of L. etheridgei.
Start page
941
End page
946
Volume
13
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85098068837
Source
Herpetology Notes
ISSN of the container
20715773
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