FIRST RECORD OF NECROPHILIA IN THE BAJA CALIFORNIA SPINY LIZARD, Sceloporus zosteromus (Phrynosomatidae)

Autores/as

  • Jorge Heriberto Valdez Villavicencio Fauna del Noroeste, A.C.
  • Anny Peralta-García Fauna del Noroeste, A.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2020.1.128

Palabras clave:

Reproductive behavior, lizard, Endemic species

Resumen

Necrophilia is a reproductive behavior were a live animal attempts to mate with a dead conspecific. This behaviour has been reported in several lizard species. Here, we report the first case of necrophilia of an adult male Sceloporus zosteromus with a dead conspecific female in northwestern Baja California, Mexico.

Publicado

2020-05-28

Cómo citar

Valdez Villavicencio, J. H., & Peralta-García, A. (2020). FIRST RECORD OF NECROPHILIA IN THE BAJA CALIFORNIA SPINY LIZARD, Sceloporus zosteromus (Phrynosomatidae). Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 3(1), 116–117. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2020.1.128

Número

Sección

Notas Científicas