Communal nests of Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in a remnant of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil

Autores

  • Pablo Augusto Gurgel de Sousa
  • Eliza Maria Xavier Freire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2010v23n3p231

Resumo

Communal nesting has been registered for several species of lizards. The egg aggregations offer potential advantages such as protection, predator-satiation and thermoregulation. Hemidactylus mabouia is a successful colonizing species with continuous reproduction and a fixed size of two eggs each time. Here, we report two communal nests of Hemidactylus mabouia for the Parque Estadual Mata da Pipa, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil.

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Publicado

2010-01-01

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Short Communication