Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints
Clutch size (CS) and relative clutch mass (RCM) are considered important features in life history descriptions of species within Squamata. Variations in these two characteristics are caused by both biotic and abiotic factors. The present study provides the first account related to CS and RCM of Basi...
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| author | Gabriel Suárez-Varón Orlando Suárez-Rodríguez Gisela Granados-González Maricela Villagrán-Santa Cruz Kevin M. Gribbins Diego Cortez-Quezada Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos |
| author_facet | Gabriel Suárez-Varón Orlando Suárez-Rodríguez Gisela Granados-González Maricela Villagrán-Santa Cruz Kevin M. Gribbins Diego Cortez-Quezada Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos |
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| description | Clutch size (CS) and relative clutch mass (RCM) are considered important features in life history descriptions of species within Squamata. Variations in these two characteristics are caused by both biotic and abiotic factors. The present study provides the first account related to CS and RCM of Basiliscus vittatus in Mexico within a population that inhabits an open riverbed juxtapositioned to tropical rainforest habitat in Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico (170 m a.s.l.). Twenty-nine gravid females were collected and kept in captivity under favorable conditions that promote oviposition. The CS within this population was 6.2 ± 0.2 and was correlated positively with snout vent-length (SVL); while the RCM was 0.17 ± 0.006 and was correlated positively with both CS and width of egg. Factors, such as female morphology and environmental conditions, should influence these reproductive traits in B. vittatus. The data collected in this study could provide a framework for comparisons of the life history traits across populations of B. vittatus in Mexico and within other species of the family Corytophanidae and provide a model for testing how abiotic and biotic factors may influence the CS and RCM in basilisk lizards throughout their range. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74bb2bccbf5b45e78b6f5377edddd7822022-12-21T23:41:18ZengPensoft PublishersHerpetozoa1013-44252682-955X2019-09-013221121910.3897/herpetozoa.32.e3591035910Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraintsGabriel Suárez-Varón0Orlando Suárez-Rodríguez1Gisela Granados-González2Maricela Villagrán-Santa Cruz3Kevin M. Gribbins4Diego Cortez-Quezada5Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos6Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversity of IndianapolisUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoClutch size (CS) and relative clutch mass (RCM) are considered important features in life history descriptions of species within Squamata. Variations in these two characteristics are caused by both biotic and abiotic factors. The present study provides the first account related to CS and RCM of Basiliscus vittatus in Mexico within a population that inhabits an open riverbed juxtapositioned to tropical rainforest habitat in Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico (170 m a.s.l.). Twenty-nine gravid females were collected and kept in captivity under favorable conditions that promote oviposition. The CS within this population was 6.2 ± 0.2 and was correlated positively with snout vent-length (SVL); while the RCM was 0.17 ± 0.006 and was correlated positively with both CS and width of egg. Factors, such as female morphology and environmental conditions, should influence these reproductive traits in B. vittatus. The data collected in this study could provide a framework for comparisons of the life history traits across populations of B. vittatus in Mexico and within other species of the family Corytophanidae and provide a model for testing how abiotic and biotic factors may influence the CS and RCM in basilisk lizards throughout their range.https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/35910/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Suárez-Varón Orlando Suárez-Rodríguez Gisela Granados-González Maricela Villagrán-Santa Cruz Kevin M. Gribbins Diego Cortez-Quezada Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints Herpetozoa |
| title | Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints |
| title_full | Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints |
| title_fullStr | Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints |
| title_short | Relative clutch mass of Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata, Corytophanidae): female morphological constraints |
| title_sort | relative clutch mass of basiliscus vittatus wiegmann 1828 squamata corytophanidae female morphological constraints |
| url | https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/35910/download/pdf/ |
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