Cranial morphology and bite force in Chamaeleolis lizards - Adaptations to molluscivory?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094420060800055X" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094420060800055X</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2008.01.002" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.zool.2008.01.002</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cranial morphology and bite force in Chamaeleolis lizards - Adaptations to molluscivory?

Original language description

Anolis lizards have become a model system for the study of adaptive radiations as species with similar morphologies occupying similar habitats have arisen independently on all the larger islands in the Caribbean. However, on both, Cuba and Hispaniola unique forms have evolved that seemingly have no counterparts on any of the other Caribbean islands. Anoles of the genus Chamaeleolis comprise such a unique form and have been termed 'twig giants' because of their cryptic life style, slow locomotor mode, and short limbs. However, some of the most unusual features of these lizards are their large heads and molluscivorous diet. Here, we compare head shape, bite force, and muscle structure among sexes and age classes of Chamaeleolis lizards with Anolis crowngiants. Our date show that Chamaeleolis lizards have a dramatically different head shape characterized by tall heads with a pronounced temporal ridge and long snouts. Analyses of bite force, surprisingly, show no differences between adult

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Zoology

ISSN

0944-2006

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

111

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

467-475

UT code for WoS article

000260222100005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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