Living in a cold tropical mountain: do the microhabitat use and activity pattern change with elevation in the high-Andean lizard Stenocercus trachycephalus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)?

Abstract The high mountain environment is a tough habitat that imposes many challenges to reptiles. As temperature decreases with altitude and has a dramatic variation throughout the day in the tropical mountains, ectotherms must cope with these harsh conditions. We studied the use of microhabitat a...

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Main Authors: Carol Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, Sebastian Perez-Rojas, Uber Schalke Rozo Garcia, Juan Diego Rodríguez Rodríguez, Jherandyne Castillo-Rivera, Miguel Ángel Méndez-Galeano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2021-10-01
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492021000100270&tlng=en