BODY-TEMPERATURE AND THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR OF THE LIZARD AMEIVA-AMEIVA IN CENTRAL AMAZONIAN FORESTS

Authors
CRUZNETO AP GORDO M
Citation
Ap. Cruzneto et M. Gordo, BODY-TEMPERATURE AND THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR OF THE LIZARD AMEIVA-AMEIVA IN CENTRAL AMAZONIAN FORESTS, Studies on neotropical fauna and environment, 31(1), 1996, pp. 11-16
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Studies on neotropical fauna and environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650521
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
11 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0521(1996)31:1<11:BATBOT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Body temperatures and thermoregulatory behaviour of the teiid lizard A meiva ameiva inhabiting the edge and the understory were studied in Ce ntral Amazonian forest. Despite of differences in the thermal profile of the habitats, the mean body temperature was the same for active liz ards observed at the edge or inside the forest, where only slight pecu liarities in thermoregulatory behaviour were observed. A. ameiva is ca pable of maintaining body temperature significantly above microhabitat temperature.