Defense behavior and tail loss in the endemic lizard Eurolophosaurus nanuzae (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from southeastern Brazil

Defense behavior and tail loss in the endemic lizard Eurolophosaurus nanuzae (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from southeastern Brazil

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Defense behavior of the endemic tropidurid lizard Eurolophosaurus nanuzae was studied in an area of rocky outcrops at Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Tail loss aspects of this species were also studied in lizards from three populations (Diamantina, Serra do Cipó, and Serro, M...

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Main Authors:	Conrado A. B. Galdino, Emiliane G. Pereira, Angélica F. Fontes, Monique Van Sluys
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo 2006-09-01
Series:	Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
Subjects:	Squamata Tropiduridae Eurolophosaurus nanuzae defense behavior tail autotomy southeastern Brazil
Online Access:	http://www.phyllomedusa.esalq.usp.br/articles/volume5/number1/512530.pdf

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