We report for the first time aggregation behavior in the lizard Sceloporus minor. The behavior was recorded at Galeana, Nuevo León, Mexico, where a group of ca. 30 individuals were observed under a rock associated with a stone wall. Weight, sex, snout-vent length, and total length were recorded for 22 individuals. Means of traits were: males—weight = 18.9 g, snout-vent length = 80.5 mm, total length = 173.3 mm; females—weight = 13.9 g, snout-vent length = 72.9 mm, total length = 161.1 mm. Sex ratio was 16 males∶6 females. Our observation extends the known elevational range of the species from ca. 3,000 m to 3,470 m.
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1 March 2011
Aggregation of Sceloporus minor (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from Cerro el Potosí, Nuevo León, Mexico
Jorge A. Contreras-Lozano,
David Lazcano,
Armando J. Contreras-Balderas
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The Southwestern Naturalist
Vol. 56 • No. 1
March 2011
Vol. 56 • No. 1
March 2011