2018
DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392201704021
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Death-feigning behaviour in Iphisa elegans: the second reported case in the Family Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata)

Abstract: Death-feigning behaviour occurs when the animal simulates a state of immobility. This behaviour is described for some lizard families, among them the family Gymnophthalmidae with only one record. Iphisa elegans is a diurnal and terrestrial Amazonian lizard, it has cryptic behavior and moves rapidly on the ground, hindering observations of its behavior. We report a case at the Comodoro Municipality, Mato Grosso State, Brazil: an adult male of I. elegans, when manipulated, turned its venter up and put itself in … Show more

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“…Among lizards, TI has been described for Crotaphytidae (Gluesing 1983), Dibamidae (Torres-Cervantes et al. 2004), Gymnophthalmidae (Muscat et al 2016, Machado-Filho et al 2018, Liolaemidae (Rocha 1993, Santos et al 2010, Scincidae (Langkilde et al 2003, Patel et al 2016, Tropiduridae (Galdino and Pereira 2002, Gomes et al 2004, Bertoluci et al 2006) and Gekkonidae (Parmar 2020, Costa-Anaissi et al 2020). The exhibition of TI, however, may vary among lizards, depending on age, sex, reproductive period, anatomical structures, and other features (Segovia et al 2019).…”
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“…Among lizards, TI has been described for Crotaphytidae (Gluesing 1983), Dibamidae (Torres-Cervantes et al. 2004), Gymnophthalmidae (Muscat et al 2016, Machado-Filho et al 2018, Liolaemidae (Rocha 1993, Santos et al 2010, Scincidae (Langkilde et al 2003, Patel et al 2016, Tropiduridae (Galdino and Pereira 2002, Gomes et al 2004, Bertoluci et al 2006) and Gekkonidae (Parmar 2020, Costa-Anaissi et al 2020). The exhibition of TI, however, may vary among lizards, depending on age, sex, reproductive period, anatomical structures, and other features (Segovia et al 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%