Observations on the nocturnal activity of lizards in a marshy area in Serra do Navio, Brazil
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- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Tropical Zoology
- Vol. 2 (2) , 165-173
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1989.10539437
Abstract
Lizards normally considered to be diurnal inhabitants of forest-floor leaf-litter were found, during field work in Serrado Navio, Amapá State in a rather special habitat, the margin of a large, marshy, open area at the side of a creek, completely surrounded by rainforest, with a thick layer of leaf-litter on a very wet and muddy substrate. In this location they were extremely numerous and active during nights with a nearly full moon. Some speculations about the causes for this behaviour are made.Keywords
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