Parietal Eyes in Lizards: Zoogeographical Correlates
- 14 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 190 (4215) , 671-673
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1237930
Abstract
Lizards without parietal eyes tend to be restricted to low latitudes, whereas lizards with parietal eyes are successful at higher latitudes also. These zoogeographical data, along with current theories of parietal eye physiology, strongly suggest that the overall significance of the parietal eye to lizards as a group is that it facilitates survival at higher latitudes, thus making possible the exploitation of a wider variety of habitats.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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