Sceloporus undulatus


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Noun1.Sceloporus undulatus - small active lizard of United States and north to British ColumbiaSceloporus undulatus - small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
fence lizard - spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
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Other lizards of the genus Sceloporus also have a diet of insects (Sceloporus mucronatus, Mendez de la Cruz et al, 1992; Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus, Gadsden-Esparza & Palacios-Orona, 1995; Sceloporus gadoviae, Feria-Ortiz & Perez-Malvaez, 2001).
Algo similar ocurre en hembras de Sceloporus undulatus, las cuales produjeron dos puestas por estacion reproductora, y en donde los huevos de la primera nidada (en invierno) fueron relativamente mas pequenos y el tamano de nidada grande, contrario a lo que sucede en la segunda puesta (en verano); este resultado esta relacionado directamente con los recursos disponibles (Pianka & Vitt, 2003).
Tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides lineatus (Cestoidea: Cyclophyllidea) in Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus (Sauria: Iguanidae), from Arkansas.
Marion, "Reproductive cues for gonadal development in temperate reptiles: temperature and photoperiod effects on the testicular cycle of the lizard Sceloporus undulatus," Herpetologica, vol.
Gastrophryne carolinensis was the most abundant amphibian collected, followed by Sceloporus undulatus for the reptiles, and Blarina carolinensis for the mammals.
Nishikawa, "Comparative study of the innervation patterns of the hyobranchial musculature in three iguanian lizards: sceloporus undulatus, Pseudotrapelus sinaitus, and Chamaeleo jacksonii," Anatomical Record, vol.267, no.
Lizards exhibited species-specific responses, where Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) increased in thin & burn interaction plots and Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis) increased in thin-only plots.
Trionyx spiniferus 1 Squamata Scincella lateralis 6 1 Sceloporus undulatus 2 Sceloporus olivaceus 1 1 Hemidactylus turcicus 4 Elaphe obsoleta * Leptotyphlops dulcis 3 Nerodia erythrogaster 4 Tantilla gracilis 3 Thamnophis marcianus 2 Virginia striatula 4 Total 56 4 5 135 8 % 10.1 0.7 0.9 24.3 1.4 Species Calls Incidental Total % Amphibia Anura Bufo nebulifer 144 4 165 29.7 Rana catesbeiana 42 46 8.3 Syrrhophus marnocki 83 90 16.2 Gastrophryne spp.
Sceloporus undulatus as currently understood is divided into 10 subspecies that are grouped into three exerges (an exerge is a group of related subspecies): undulatus, consobrinus and tristichus.