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Main Author: Ana E. López-Moreno
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2016
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contents Female reproductive cycle and clutch size of Aspidoscelis costata costata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Tonatico, Estado de México Ana E. López-Moreno Justin L. Rheubert Carlos Pérez-Almazán Gisela Granados-González Laura E. Hernández-Hernández Kevin M. Gribbins Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos Biología High Oviductal eggs Whiptail lizard reproductive output elevation population Female reproductive cycle and clutch size are important life history traits in lizards that can be influenced by biotic and/or abiotic factors. Here, the ovarian cycle and clutch size of a high-elevation population (1500–1600 m) of Aspidoscelis costata costata in Central Mexico are described. Females were collected monthly between 2005 and 2007, and their reproductive condition was evaluated based on appearance and size of ovarian follicles and presence/absence of oviductal eggs. The reproductive cycle was markedly seasonal with asynchrony in reproductive condition among females. Vitellogenic and gravid females were recorded from April (end of the dry season) through July (middle of the rainy season). Although this population inhabits a semi-humid warm climate, the timing of female reproduction in A. costata costata is similar to the cycle of temperate-zone species of Aspidoscelis . Females produced a single clutch annually with an average clutch size of 7.7 ± 0.44 eggs (median 8 eggs, range 4–14), which is the largest reported to date within the genus Aspidoscelis. 2016 artículo científico 1870-3453 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42548632018 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/42548632018.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=425 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (México) Num.4 Vol.87
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spellingShingle Female reproductive cycle and clutch size of Aspidoscelis costata costata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Tonatico, Estado de México
Ana E. López-Moreno
Biología
High
Oviductal eggs
Whiptail lizard
reproductive output
elevation population
Female reproductive cycle and clutch size of Aspidoscelis costata costata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Tonatico, Estado de México Ana E. López-Moreno Justin L. Rheubert Carlos Pérez-Almazán Gisela Granados-González Laura E. Hernández-Hernández Kevin M. Gribbins Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos Biología High Oviductal eggs Whiptail lizard reproductive output elevation population Female reproductive cycle and clutch size are important life history traits in lizards that can be influenced by biotic and/or abiotic factors. Here, the ovarian cycle and clutch size of a high-elevation population (1500–1600 m) of Aspidoscelis costata costata in Central Mexico are described. Females were collected monthly between 2005 and 2007, and their reproductive condition was evaluated based on appearance and size of ovarian follicles and presence/absence of oviductal eggs. The reproductive cycle was markedly seasonal with asynchrony in reproductive condition among females. Vitellogenic and gravid females were recorded from April (end of the dry season) through July (middle of the rainy season). Although this population inhabits a semi-humid warm climate, the timing of female reproduction in A. costata costata is similar to the cycle of temperate-zone species of Aspidoscelis . Females produced a single clutch annually with an average clutch size of 7.7 ± 0.44 eggs (median 8 eggs, range 4–14), which is the largest reported to date within the genus Aspidoscelis. 2016 artículo científico 1870-3453 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42548632018 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/42548632018.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=425 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (México) Num.4 Vol.87
title Female reproductive cycle and clutch size of Aspidoscelis costata costata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Tonatico, Estado de México
topic Biología
High
Oviductal eggs
Whiptail lizard
reproductive output
elevation population
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42548632018
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/html/
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/42548632018.epub
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42548632018/movil