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HERPETOLOGICA
卷 74, 期 1, 页码 29-37出版社
HERPETOLOGISTS LEAGUE
DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-17-00040
关键词
Anolis; Dewlap; Hindlimb; Locomotor behavior; Perch use; Sexual size dimorphism
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资金
- National Science Foundation [NSF IOS 1257021, NSF HBCU-UP 1435186, NSF DEB 1501680]
- E.E. Williams Research Grant from the Herpetologist's League
- Direct For Education and Human Resources
- Division Of Human Resource Development [1435186] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Caribbean Anolis lizards exhibit a complex suite of ecological, morphological, and behavioral traits that allow their specialization to particular microhabitats. These microhabitat specialists, called ecomorphs, have independently evolved on the four islands of the Greater Antilles, and diversification among anole ecomorphs has been the focus of many studies. Yet, habitat specialization has also occurred among species within the same ecomorph group. Here, we examined ecological, morphological, and behavioral divergence in three Hispaniolan trunk-ground species, the cybotoid anoles: Anolis cybotes, A. marcanoi, and A. longitibialis. We found differences in limb morphology, locomotor behavior, and perch use among the three cybotoid species that mirror differences across the ecomorphs. Among these species of cybotoids, those that have longer limbs tend to move less frequently, occupy broader perches, and have smaller fourth toes with fewer lamellae. We also observed that the species with greater male-biased size dimorphism had larger heads, smaller dewlaps, and smaller testes. These results are consistent with the predictions of sexual selection theory, in that species with large male body size may have larger heads because of increased male-male combat, and smaller testes potentially attributable to a trade-off between pre- and postcopulatory selection. Overall, our study suggests that a combination of local adaptation to different structural habitats and sexual selection might produce ecomorphological diversification within cybotoid anoles of the same ecomorph group.
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