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A juvenile lizard specimen with well-preserved skin impressions from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Lizards are now relatively well known from the Yixian Formation of northeastern China. In this study, we describe a juvenile
lizard from a fossil horizon at Daohugou, Inner Mongolia. These beds predate the Yixian Formation, and are probably Late Jurassic
or earliest Cretaceous in age. The new specimen thus documents the first lizard material from the Daohugou locality and is
the earliest lizard skeleton from China. Comparisons with developmental stages of modern lizards suggest the Daohugou lizard
is a hatchling. Although tiny, the specimen is notable in preserving exquisite skin impressions showing the variation in scalation
across the body, the shape and position of the cloacal outlet, and details of the manus and pes. These are the earliest recorded
lepidosaurian skin traces. In its general proportions and the possession of paired frontals, the small Daohugou lizard resembles
both the Yixian taxon Yabeinosaurus tenuis and the questionable Jeholacerta formosa, but it differs from the latter in scalation and, based on other characters, may be distinct from both. 相似文献
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Effects of repeated pollutant exposure on growth, locomotor performance, and behavior have rarely been evaluated in reptiles. We administered three doses of malathion (2.0, 20, or 100mg/kg body weight) to western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) over an 81day period. Eight and 23% mortality occurred at 20 and 100mg/kg (p=0.079) and 85% of lizards in the 100mg/kg group exhibited clinical symptoms of poisoning. Growth, food consumption, body condition index, and terrestrial locomotor performance were not significantly influenced by malathion. However, arboreal sprint velocity was significantly reduced in lizards receiving 100mg/kg. Fifty percent of lizards in the 100mg/kg group also refused to sprint in the arboreal setting (p=0.085). Based on these results, arboreal locomotor performance was the most sensitive metric of exposure we evaluated. Further study of compounds such as malathion is warranted due to highly variable application rates and exposure scenarios. 相似文献
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Female choice on the basis of male traits has been described in an array of taxa but has rarely been demonstrated in reptiles. In the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), and possibly in other non-territorial reptiles, a male's contribution to a female's fitness is restricted to his genes. In order to choose males of high genetic quality, females have to trade the fitness gain against the costs of active choice. In a Swedish population of sand lizards, long-lived males sired offspring with higher embryonic survival compared to offspring sired by short-lived males. In spite of this female sand lizards did not mate selectively with older and/or larger males. There appeared to be mo reliable cues to male longevity; age-specific male body size was highly variable. Furthermore, estimates of male nuptial coloration did not covary with ectoparasite load and, hence, females cannot use male coloration as a cue to heritable resistance to pathogenic parasite effects. When cues to male genetic quality are poor, or inaccurate, and males make no parental investment, we predict that female choice will be rare. Sand lizard females mating with many partners lay clutches with higher hatching success. Thus, females may obtain good genes for their young by multiple mating, thereby avoiding costs associated with mate choice. 相似文献
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Flat lizards (Platysaurus broadleyi) at Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa, are restricted to rocky terrain where the predominant tree is the Namaqua
fig (Ficus cordata cordata). P. broadleyi readily feeds on Namaqua figs when they are available, and the lizards sometimes form large (maximum recorded=134) congregations
under fruiting fig trees. The distance lizards travel to fruiting trees also exceed normal daily foraging distances. Location
of fruiting fig trees by a lizard can have a high pay-off because figs are energetically rich and trees fruit irregularly
and asynchronously, resulting in a resource that is available, but unpredictable in time and space. The prediction that bird
activity in fig trees provides a cue to the presence of ripe figs was tested experimentally. By placing cages containing birds
and empty control cages in trees devoid of fruit, we demonstrated that P. broadleyi are drawn to fig trees with high bird congregations. We also tested if the presence of a fig tree was necessary to draw lizards
to bird congregations by placing cages containing birds and empty control cages in a matched-pairs design on rock away from
trees. Namaqua fig trees were not necessary to draw lizards to bird congregations.
Received: 12 May 1998 / Accepted after revision: 30 November 1998 相似文献
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The grand skink, Oligosoma grande, is a diurnal rock-dwelling lizard from the tussock grasslands of Central Otago, New Zealand, whose diet includes a variety
of arthropods and fruit. We conducted a field experiment to examine the influence of prey distribution on foraging behavior
and spacing patterns. On sites where prey distribution was unaltered (control sites), males and females differed in diet and
foraging behavior. Most male feeding attempts were directed at large strong-flying insects, and males used a saltatory search
pattern that involved relatively infrequent moves of long duration. Females spent more effort catching small weak-flying insects
and visiting fruiting plants. Their search behavior involved frequent moves of short duration. The placement of meat-bait
on experimental sites led to a redistribution of large flies without influencing other prey types. Experimental females switched
foraging strategy by adopting a search pattern of relatively infrequent moves of long duration, increasing the frequency of
attempts to capture large prey, and reducing the importance of fruit in their diet. The experimental manipulation appeared
to influence space use. On control sites, both sexes had comparably sized home ranges. On experimental sites, male home ranges
were significantly larger than female home ranges.
Received: 3 November 1997 / Accepted after revision: 13 December 1998 相似文献
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Christopher J. Salice Jamie G. Suski Matthew A. Bazar 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2009,157(12):3457-3464
Although anthropogenic pollutants are thought to threaten reptilian species, there are few toxicity studies on reptiles. We evaluated the toxicity of Pb as lead acetate to the Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). The acute lethal dose and sub-acute (14-day) toxicity studies were used to narrow exposure concentrations for a sub-chronic (60-day) study. In the sub-chronic study, adult and juvenile male lizards were dosed via gavage with 0, 1, 10 and 20 mg Pb/kg-bw/day. Mortality was limited and occurred only at the highest dose (20 mg Pb/kg-bw/d). There were statistically significant sub-lethal effects of 10 and 20 mg Pb/kg-bw/d on body weight, cricket consumption, organ weight, hematological parameters and post-dose behaviors. Of these, Pb-induced changes in body weight are most useful for ecological risk assessment because it is linked to fitness in wild lizard populations. The Western fence lizard is a useful model for reptilian toxicity studies. 相似文献
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McFarland CA Quinn MJ Boyce J LaFiandra EM Bazar MA Talent LG Johnson MS 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(2):466-473
The compound 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene (2A-DNT) was evaluated under laboratory conditions in the Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) to assess the potential for reptile toxicity. Oral LD50 values were 1406 and 1867 mg/kg for male and female lizards, respectively. Based on responses from a 14-day subacute study, a 60-day subchronic experiment followed where lizards were orally dosed at 0, 5, 15, 20, 25, 30 mg/kg-d. At day 60, number of days and survivors, food consumption, and change in body weight were inversely related to dose. Signs of toxicity were characterized by anorexia and generalized cachexia. Significant adverse histopathology was observed in hepatic tissue at ≥15 mg/kg-d, consistent with hepatocellular transdifferentiation. Based on survival, loss of body weight, diminished food intake, changes in liver, kidney, and testes, and increased blood urea nitrogen, these data suggest a LOAEL of 15 mg/kg-d and a NOAEL of 5 mg/kg-d in S. occidentalis. 相似文献
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Experimentally nonylphenol-polluted diet induces the expression of silent genes VTG and ERα in the liver of male lizard Podarcis sicula 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Verderame M Prisco M Andreuccetti P Aniello F Limatola E 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(5):1101-1107
Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals (EDCs) with estrogen-like properties i.e nonylphenol (NP) induce vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis in males of aquatic and semi-aquatic specie. In the oviparous species VTG is a female-specific oestrogen dependent protein. Males are unable to synthesize VTG except after E2 treatment.This study aimed to verify if NP, administered via food and water, is able to induce the expression of VTG even in males of vertebrates with a terrestrial habitat such as the lizard Podarcis. By means of ICC, ISH, W/B and ELISA we demonstrated that NP induces the presence of VTG in the plasma and its expression in the liver. VTG, undetectable in untreated males, reaches the value of 4.34 μg/μl in the experimental ones. Expression analysis and ISH in the liver showed that an NP-polluted diet also elicits the expression of ERα in the liver which is known to be related to VTG synthesis in Podarcis. 相似文献
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M. J. Freake 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(4-5):339-344
Sleepy lizards are monogamous skinks which show high pair fidelity. This study reveals inter- and intrasexual differences
in homeward orientation performance in this lizard. Male and female lizards were displaced during three phases of the spring
activity period, the pre-pairing, pairing/mating, and post-pairing periods. All groups (with the exception of post-pairing
males) were significantly oriented homewards, but males were significantly better oriented towards home than females during
the pairing period. Furthermore, males were significantly better homeward oriented during the pre-pairing and pairing periods
than in the post-pairing period. Similar results were observed for rate of movement away from the release site. In sleepy
lizards, sex-based differences in homing behaviour are unlikely to be attributable to differences in the area of familiarity,
or availability of orientation mechanisms. However differences in homing motivation may explain these differences. Males may
miss mating if absent from the home range during the pre-pairing and pairing periods, while females may still be able to obtain
a mating even when absent. Females however may be more motivated than males to return to the familiar home range during the
post-pairing period to ensure efficient feeding during internal embryo development.
Received: 16 February 1998 / Accepted after revision: 28 March 1998 相似文献
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Toby J. Hibbitts Martin J. Whiting Devi M. Stuart-Fox 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2007,61(8):1169-1176
Many species possess multiple sexually dimorphic traits, which incorporate different sensory modalities (e.g., acoustic, olfactory
and visual), although their relative roles in sexual selection and in determining reproductive success are still poorly understood
for most taxa. We assessed the role of multiple male traits, including one acoustic (dominant call frequency) and one visual
(yellow throat patch) trait, in residency advertisement, contest behavior, and breeding success in barking geckos (Ptenopus garrulus garrulus). We show that male barking geckos maintain largely exclusive home ranges, with a trend for larger males to maintain larger
home ranges. We also show that larger males have a lower dominant calling frequency. When aggressive behavior was elicited
in the field using a recorded call of average frequency, resident males with low frequency calls were more likely to respond
aggressively and charge the speaker compared to males with high frequency calls. However, body size and small relative throat
patch size, rather than call frequency, were the best predictors of overall aggressiveness. Body size was also the best predictor
of whether males bred. We suggest that call frequency in this crepuscular species constitutes an effective long-range signal
of body size, used by males for remote rival assessment and to advertise home range boundaries in low-light environments. 相似文献