TY - JOUR
T1 - Eye-bulging behavior in lizards of the genus sceloporus
T2 - A role in chemical communication?
AU - Herrmann, Morgan A.
AU - Campos, Stephanie M.
AU - Martins, Emília P.
AU - Romero-Diaz, Cristina
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant number IOS-1050274 to E.P.M.). The Southwestern Research Station (of the American Museum of Natural History) provided logistical support in the field. We appreciate permission from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (Scientific collecting licenses SP597303 and SP621793) and Arizona State University Animal Care and Use Committee (protocol 17-1597R to EPM) to conduct this work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - We examined eye-bulging behavior in relation to scent-marking and chemosensory behavior in three species of iguanian lizards, Sceloporus jarrovii, S. tristichus, and S. virgatus, in a controlled environment. We studied males of the three species and also females of S. jarrovii and S. tristichus. Overall, the frequency of eye-bulging was positively correlated to the frequency of chin wipes in males, but not females. Chin wipes rarely occurred in the absence of eye-bulging; they were closely associated with the latter and, to some degree, to other chemosensory behavior. Of the three species, S. virgatus exhibited the highest eye-bulging frequency. The possibility of eye-bulging behavior being utilized for chemical communication is discussed.
AB - We examined eye-bulging behavior in relation to scent-marking and chemosensory behavior in three species of iguanian lizards, Sceloporus jarrovii, S. tristichus, and S. virgatus, in a controlled environment. We studied males of the three species and also females of S. jarrovii and S. tristichus. Overall, the frequency of eye-bulging was positively correlated to the frequency of chin wipes in males, but not females. Chin wipes rarely occurred in the absence of eye-bulging; they were closely associated with the latter and, to some degree, to other chemosensory behavior. Of the three species, S. virgatus exhibited the highest eye-bulging frequency. The possibility of eye-bulging behavior being utilized for chemical communication is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1643/CE-19-249
DO - 10.1643/CE-19-249
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090890788
SN - 0045-8511
VL - 108
SP - 309
EP - 315
JO - Copeia
JF - Copeia
IS - 2
ER -