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JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 44, Issue 19-20, Pages 1225-1238Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903499796
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Enyalius perditus; ecology; diet; reproduction; sexual dimorphism; ontogenetic variation
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient fico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
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The natural history of the lizard Enyalius perditus was studied from August 2005 to July 2006, at Parque Estadual Nova Baden, in the municipality of Lambari, State of Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil. We found that E. perditus may be considered a semi-arboreal species, like other species in the genus, sleeping on vegetation ( slim branches or large leaves) at night, possibly to minimize predation. Females with enlarged follicles or oviducal eggs were found from November to January and juveniles recruited at the end of the dry season and beginning of the rainy season, in October. The diet of this lizard is composed mainly of Lepidoptera larvae, Araneae and Formicidae. Females were larger than males, and juvenile coloration is similar to that of adult females.
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