156 Comfort Eating Lizards

Herpetological Highlights

May 04, 2023•32 min•Ep. 156

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Episode description

Stress can come from many places, loud noises are one example. So how do lizards react when their home is constantly bombarded by loud noises? We also have a new gecko for Species of the Bi-week.

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Main Paper References:

Kepas ME, Sermersheim LO, Hudson SB, Lehmicke AJJ, French SS, Aubry LM. 2023. Behavior, stress and metabolism of a parthenogenic lizard in response to flyover noise. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 1:1129253. DOI: 10.3389/famrs.2023.1129253.

Species of the Bi-Week:

Chan KO, Grismer LL, Santana F, Pinto P, Loke FW, Conaboy N. 2023. Scratching the surface: a new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from Timor-Leste of the darmandvillei group marks the potential for future discoveries. ZooKeys 1139:107–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1139.96508.

Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

Walker, JM, Taylor HL, Manning GJ, Cordes JE, Montgomery CE, Livo LJ., ... & Loeffler C. 2012. Michelle's lizard: identity, relationships, and ecological status of an array of parthenogenetic lizards (Genus Aspidoscelis: Squamata: Teiidae) in Colorado, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 7(2), 227-248.