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STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 161-162Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01650520903189817
Keywords
Brazil; bromeliads; Leiosauridae; roost; Urostrophus vautieri
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- Brazilian-German cooperation program Science and Technology for the Mata Atlntica [01LB0202]
- German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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Bromeliads are a conspicuous component of tropical forests. Whereas several amphibian species are closely associated with bromeliads, reptiles are much less frequently observed in bromeliads and only a few species use bromeliads for egg deposition or as roost site. We report on an adult Urostrophus vautieri that was sleeping in a water-filled bromeliad. The individual was submerged except for head and shoulder. To our knowledge, it is the first time that such behavior has been observed in an arboreal Neotropical lizard.
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