REPRODUCTION IN THE MEXICAN LIZARD, Sceloporus torquatus

Authors

  • Royce E. Ballinger University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
  • Julio A. Lemos-Espínal Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias

Keywords:

Mexican lizard, Scelopórus torquatus, herpetology, reptilians

Abstract

Collection of specimens and behaivoral observatron of mexican lizard Sceloporus torquatus were made at Cerro Calacoaya, Bellavísta, Mexico State, Mexico, in mid­November 1992 and late April 1993. It was determine the reproductive pattern. The snout-vent lenght [SVL], body mass and conditions of gonads were measured. Sorne females undoubtely mature in their first reproductive season at an age of 6 to 7 months. Culminating reproductive cycle of mexican íizard Sceloporus torquatus occur in a period of sorne weeks, between late April and first days ofMay.

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2020-12-05

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Ballinger, Royce E., and Julio A. Lemos-Espínal. 2020. “REPRODUCTION IN THE MEXICAN LIZARD, Sceloporus Torquatus”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Forestales 20 (78). México, ME:143-48. https://cienciasforestales.inifap.gob.mx/index.php/forestales/article/view/1013.

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 78 (1995): Ciencia Forestal en México

Section

Scientific article

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