We. Magnusson et Ev. Dasilva, RELATIVE EFFECTS OF SIZE, SEASON AND SPECIES ON THE DIETS OF SOME AMAZONIAN SAVANNA LIZARDS, Journal of herpetology, 27(4), 1993, pp. 380-385
The foods taken by Ameiva ameiva, Cnemidophorus lemniscatus, Kentropyx
striatus, and Anolis auratus in the Amazonian savanna at Alter do Cha
o depend more on the species of lizard than on lizard size. Lizard siz
e affects the size of food items but this has relatively little effect
on the types of foods eaten. The effect of body size appears to be si
milar for both stationary vegetable foods (fruits), and for the total
diet, which consist mainly of invertebrates. The occurrence of vertebr
ates in the diet of the teiids is much less than for the same species
in a seasonally inundated Amazonian savanna.