Communal nests of Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in a remnant of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil

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Pablo Augusto Gurgel de Sousa¹  Eliza Maria Xavier Freire¹ 

关键词: Atlantic Forest;    Communal nest;    Gekkonidae;    Lacertilia;    Reproduction;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina * Centro de Ciencias Biologicas

【 摘 要 】

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2010v23n3p231 Communal nesting has been registered for several species of lizards. The egg aggregations offer potential advantages such as protection, predator-satiation and thermoregulation.Hemidactylus mabouiais a successful colonizing species with continuous reproduction and a fixed size of two eggs each time. Here, we report two communal nests ofHemidactylus mabouiafor the Parque Estadual Mata da Pipa, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil.

【 授权许可】

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