Open AccessFIRST RECORD OF NECROPHILIA IN THE BAJA CALIFORNIA SPINY LIZARD, Sceloporus zosteromus (Phrynosomatidae)
Author(s) -
Jorge H. ValdezVillavicencio,
Anny Peralta-García
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista latinoamericana de herpetología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-2158
DOI - 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2020.1.128
Subject(s) - lizard , ecology , geography , squamata , sauria , biology , zoology , iguanidae , fishery
Necrophilia is a reproductive behavior were a live animal attempts to mate with a dead conspecific. This behaviour has been reported in several lizard species. Here, we report the first case of necrophilia of an adult male Sceloporus zosteromus with a dead conspecific female in northwestern Baja California, Mexico.
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