Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat

Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand and foot, and length, width, height and curva...

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Autores principales:	Carvalho Ribas,Sueli, Velloso,Ana Lucia Rosario, Teixeira-Filho,Pedro, Rocha-Barbosa,Oscar, Evangelista,Heitor, Alves dos Santos,Elaine
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2004
Materias:	Tropiduridae ecomorphology lizard claw microhabitat use
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20040004000032005-04-22Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitatCarvalho Ribas,SueliVelloso,Ana Lucia RosarioTeixeira-Filho,PedroRocha-Barbosa,OscarEvangelista,HeitorAlves dos Santos,Elaine Tropiduridae ecomorphology lizard claw microhabitat use Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand and foot, and length, width, height and curvature of the claws. We counted the number of adhesive lamellae of the largest toe of each member. T. torquatus has larger toes, greater number of adhesive lamellae and higher and more curve claws than L. lutzae. No significant differences in toe and claw widths were found. These results suggest that the differences found in the morphology of toes and claws of these two species would be associated with the differential microhabitat use. T. torquatus has morphological adaptations that allow it to use the microhabitat both vertically or horizontally, while L. lutzae use it only horizontallyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.77 n.4 20042004-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000400003en10.4067/S0716-078X2004000400003
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Tropiduridae ecomorphology lizard claw microhabitat use
spellingShingle	Tropiduridae ecomorphology lizard claw microhabitat use Carvalho Ribas,Sueli Velloso,Ana Lucia Rosario Teixeira-Filho,Pedro Rocha-Barbosa,Oscar Evangelista,Heitor Alves dos Santos,Elaine Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
description	Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand and foot, and length, width, height and curvature of the claws. We counted the number of adhesive lamellae of the largest toe of each member. T. torquatus has larger toes, greater number of adhesive lamellae and higher and more curve claws than L. lutzae. No significant differences in toe and claw widths were found. These results suggest that the differences found in the morphology of toes and claws of these two species would be associated with the differential microhabitat use. T. torquatus has morphological adaptations that allow it to use the microhabitat both vertically or horizontally, while L. lutzae use it only horizontally
author	Carvalho Ribas,Sueli Velloso,Ana Lucia Rosario Teixeira-Filho,Pedro Rocha-Barbosa,Oscar Evangelista,Heitor Alves dos Santos,Elaine
author_facet	Carvalho Ribas,Sueli Velloso,Ana Lucia Rosario Teixeira-Filho,Pedro Rocha-Barbosa,Oscar Evangelista,Heitor Alves dos Santos,Elaine
author_sort	Carvalho Ribas,Sueli
title	Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
title_short	Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
title_full	Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
title_fullStr	Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
title_full_unstemmed	Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
title_sort	structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of restinga from southeastern brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2004
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000400003
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Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat

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