Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae

Yosuke Kojima

doi:10.5358/hsj.35.135

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Yosuke Kojima^1,*

¹Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, JAPAN

^*Corresponding author. Tel: +81-75-753-4075; Fax: +81-75-753-4075; E-mail address: y_cojima@ethol.zool.kyoto-u. ac.jp

Abstract

Foraging behavior of a diurnal gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae, was observed during the night in the field in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. An adult L. tolampyae was observed to stay near the nest of an ant, Aphaenogaster swammerdami. The gecko attacked a worker ant carrying a pupa and ate only the pupa by robbing it from the worker. This observation suggests that typically diurnal geckos may shift foraging time to the night under natural conditions.

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Yosuke Kojima "Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae," Current Herpetology 35(2), 135-138, (1 August 2016). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.35.135

Accepted: 1 July 2016; Published: 1 August 2016

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