Body orientation for thermoregulation and daily activity cycle of Mabuya macrorhyncha (Squamata: Scincidae)

ABSTRACT We investigated the daily activity and thermoregulatory body orientation of Mabuya macrorhyncha (Hoge, 1947), a lizard species that occurs in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We conducted this investigation in a sandy coastal dune remnant (“restinga” ecosystem) in Grussaí, state of Rio de Jan...

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Main Authors: Thiago Maia-Carneiro, Gisele R. Winck, Mariana Rodrigues Pereira, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100502&lng=en&tlng=en