SEPTEMBER DIET AND REPRODUCTIVE STATE OF UTA-STANSBURIANA (PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) AT ISLA-SAN-ROQUE, BAJA-CALIFORNIA-SUR, MEXICO

Authors
GALINATESSARO P ORTEGARUBIO A ROMEROSCHMIDT H BLAZQUEZ C
Citation
P. Galinatessaro et al., SEPTEMBER DIET AND REPRODUCTIVE STATE OF UTA-STANSBURIANA (PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) AT ISLA-SAN-ROQUE, BAJA-CALIFORNIA-SUR, MEXICO, Journal of arid environments, 37(1), 1997, pp. 65-70
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences",Ecology
Journal title
Journal of arid environments → ACNP
ISSN journal
01401963
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
65 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-1963(1997)37:1<65:SDARSO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
In September 1994 we studied the only reptile species, Uta stansburian a elegans, at Isla San Rogue off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur. Three censuses of lizards were made over all the island. Outside the census transect, 10 adult lizards of each sex were collected. Anal ysis of data obtained from the reproductive tracts and stomach content s are shown. A seaweed fly of the family Coelopidae (Diptera) was the principal prey. Behavioural data suggested the existence of reproducti ve activity in the lizard individuals seen, which was confirmed by ana lysis of the reproductive tract. (C) 1997 Academic Press Limited.