Social and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Bearded Dragon, Amphibolurus barbatus

Copeia ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 1971 (3) ◽  
pp. 484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayard H. Brattstrom
Keyword(s):  
Thermoregulatory Behavior ◽  
Bearded Dragon

A Description of Isospora amphiboluri (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Inland Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Sauria: Agamidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris T. McAllister ◽  
Steve J. Upton ◽  
Elliott R. Jacobson ◽  
Wayne Kopit
Keyword(s):  
Bearded Dragon ◽  
Pogona Vitticeps

scholarly journals Thermoregulatory behavior and high thermal preference buffer impact of climate change in a Namib Desert lizard

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e02033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Kirchhof ◽  
Robyn S. Hetem ◽  
Hilary M. Lease ◽  
Donald B. Miles ◽  
Duncan Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Thermal Preference ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Thermoregulatory Behavior ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Desert Lizard

COEVOLUTION OF COLOR PATTERN AND THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR IN POLYMORPHIC PYGMY GRASSHOPPERS TETRIX UNDULATA

Evolution ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Forsman ◽  
Karin Ringblom ◽  
Emilio Civantos ◽  
Jonas Ahnesjö
Keyword(s):  
Color Pattern ◽  
Thermoregulatory Behavior

Thermoregulatory Behavior ofAnaxyrus americanusin Response to Infection withBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Copeia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 746-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Karavlan ◽  
Matthew D. Venesky
Keyword(s):  
Thermoregulatory Behavior

Thermal sensitivity of reptilian melatonin rhythms: "cold" tuatara vs. "warm" skink

1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (5) ◽  
pp. R1160-R1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. Firth ◽  
M. B. Thompson ◽  
D. J. Kennaway ◽  
I. Belan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Thermal Sensitivity ◽  
Cold Temperature ◽  
Daily Rhythm ◽  
Threshold Temperature ◽  
Daily Rhythms ◽  
Thermoregulatory Behavior ◽  
Lower Amplitude ◽  
Sphenodon Punctatus ◽  
Reptilian Species

Daily rhythms in plasma melatonin levels were compared in two ecologically diverse reptilian species under natural environmental conditions in autumn. The nocturnal, cold temperature-adapted tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) had a melatonin rhythm of much lower amplitude than did the diurnal desert-adapted sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa). Experiments in controlled laboratory environments showed that, although both species are capable of attaining a comparable melatonin peak (approximately 750 pmol/l), the threshold temperature at which a significant daily rhythm occurs is approximately 15 degrees C in S. punctatus compared with approximately 25 degrees C in T. rugosa. This difference probably reflects the disparate thermoregulatory adaptations of the two species, S. punctatus favoring mean activity temperatures of 11.5 degrees C and T. rugosa, 32.5 degrees C. In ectotherms such as reptiles, therefore, species-typical thermoregulatory behavior may provide thermal cues that interact with photoperiod to provide the appropriate melatonin signal for the regulation of annual physiological cycles.

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