Rival recognition affects male contest behavior in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Rival Recognition ◽  
Lacerta Agilis ◽  
Contest Behavior ◽  
Male Contest

Application of DNA Barcoding in Taxonomy and Phylogeny: An Individual Case of COI Partial Gene Sequencing from Seven Animal Species

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-384
Author(s):  
M. Drohvalenko ◽  
A. Mykhailenko ◽  
M. Rekrotchuk ◽  
L. Shpak ◽  
V. Shuba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Far East ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Ambystoma Mexicanum ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Horse Chestnut ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Rock Lizard ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
Lacerta Agilis

Abstract A part of the COI mitochondrial barcoding gene was sequenced from seven species of different taxonomical groups: Ambystoma mexicanum (Amphibia, Ambystomatidae), Darevskia lindholmi, Lacerta agilis exigua (Reptilia, Lacertidae), Erinaceus roumanicus (Mammalia, Erinaceidae), Macrobiotus sp. 1 and 2 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) and Cameraria ohridella (Insecta, Gracillariidae). The sequences were compared with available sequences from databases and positioned on phylogenetic trees when the taxa had not yet been sequenced. The presence of Mexican axolotls in herpetoculture in Ukraine was confirmed. The partial COI genes of the Crimean rock lizard and an eastern sub-species of the sand lizard were sequenced. We demonstrated the presence of two tardigrade mitochondrial lineages of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group in the same sample from the Zeya Natural Reserve in the Far East: one was nearly identical to the Italian M. macrocalix, and the other one is similar to M. persimilis and M. vladimiri. We also confirmed the presence of the invasive haplotype “A” of the horse chestnut leaf miner in Ukraine, in line with the hypothesized route of invasion from Central Europe.

scholarly journals Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand lizards

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 20180033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Pauliny ◽  
Emily Miller ◽  
Nicky Rollings ◽  
Erik Wapstra ◽  
Donald Blomqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Sperm Competition ◽  
Telomere Length ◽  
Sperm Motility ◽  
Female Identity ◽  
Laboratory Population ◽  
Lacerta Agilis

Standardized swim-up trials are used in in vitro fertilization clinics to select particularly motile spermatozoa in order to increase the probability of a successful fertilization. Such trials demonstrate that sperm with longer telomeres have higher motility and lower levels of DNA damage. Regardless of whether sperm motility, and successful swim-up to fertilization sites, is a direct or correlational effect of telomere length or DNA damage, covariation between telomere length and sperm performance predicts a relationship between telomere length and probability of paternity in sperm competition, a prediction that for ethical reasons cannot be tested on humans. Here, we test this prediction in sand lizards ( Lacerta agilis ) using experimental data from twice-mated females in a laboratory population, and telomere length in blood from the participating lizards. Female identity influenced paternity (while the mechanism was not identified), while relatively longer male telomeres predicted higher probability of paternity. We discuss potential mechanisms underpinning this result.

scholarly journals New locality record of Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Ufuk BÜLBÜL ◽  
Halime KOÇ ◽  
Hatice ÖZKAN ◽  
İhsan ÖZTÜRK ◽  
Bilal KUTRUP
Keyword(s):  
Locality Record ◽  
Lacerta Agilis

scholarly journals Materials on the ecology of background species of reptiles in the Tambov Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Aleksey Vladimirovich Podolsky
Keyword(s):  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
State Nature Reserve ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
Field Season ◽  
Grass Snake ◽  
Lacerta Agilis ◽  
Study Sites

The paper presents data on the ecology of two common species of reptiles in the Tambov Region: the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758, and the common grass snake, Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758). The material was collected in the Michurinsky, Pervomaysky, Tambovsky and Inzhavinsky (on the territory of the Voroninsky State Nature Reserve) Districts of the Tambov Region during the 2019 field season. Field observations and accounting for the numbers of animals on the routes were carried out in the most typical biotopes for the study sites: in pine forest, deciduous forest, in steppe areas affected to varying degrees by anthropogenic transformation, in floodplains of rivers and along the shores of lakes and artificial reservoirs. Information on the following aspects of the ecology of these reptile species in the region is presented and discussed: habitat distribution and numbers, seasonal and diurnal activity, phenology of reproduction and development and the influence of anthropogenic factors. All materials obtained as a result of our own research are compared with the data of the literature sources cited in the paper. On the basis of wide distribution in the region, relatively high numbers and trends to synanthropy it is stated that the state of the populations of the sand lizard and common grass snake in the region in the present conditions is safe and special measures for their protection are not required.

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