Detection of conspecific odors by the female broad-headed skink,Eumeces laticeps
โ Scribed by Cooper, William E. ;Vitt, Laurie J.
- Book ID
- 102890410
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 743 KB
- Volume
- 229
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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Prey odor discrimination is highly developed in the scincid lizard Eumeces laticeps. In an experiment with a randomized blocks design in which each lizard responded to deionized water, cologne, and cricket odors (presented in counterbalanced sequence on cotton-tipped applicators), tongue-flick atta
## Abstract The scincid lizard __Eumeces laticeps__ is shown experimentally 1) to be capable of detecting integumentary chemical stimuli from two congeneric species of snakes that are sympatric predators of lizards and 2) to discriminate these chemical stimuli from similar ones derived from a sympa