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One Solution for Two Challenges: The Lizard Microlophus atacamensis Avoids Overheating by Foraging in Intertidal Shores [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
In lizards, one of the most important behavioral mechanisms to cope with spatial and temporal variations in thermal resources observed is activity time. The longer a lizard can maintain activity, the more time it has to forage and reach larger adult body
Maritza Sepúlveda, José Miguel Fariña, Warren Porter   +2 more
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Detection of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> DNA in Blood of the Lizard <i>Microlophus atacamensis</i>: Understanding the <i>T. cruzi</i> Cycle in a Coastal Island of the Atacama Desert. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan causative of Chagas disease, is primarily transmitted through blood-sucking insects and infects mammalian and some reptilian hosts. In Chile, insects of the Mepraia genus are key vectors of T.
Borcosque-Avendaño J, Quiroga N, Cianferoni F, Díaz-Campusano G, Marcos JL, Botto-Mahan C, Torres-Pérez F, Bacigalupo A, Campos-Soto R.   +8 more
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The social system of the lava lizard, Microlophus atacamensis: the interplay between social structure and social organization [PDF]

Revista Chilena De Historia Natural, 2022
Background Animal social systems can be described through four main components: social structure, social organization, mating system, and care system.
Kaera Utsumi, Douglas Eifler
exaly   +5 more sources

Combined use of stable isotopes and heavy metal analysis of Microlophus atacamensis reveals anthropogenic impacts in the coastal upwelling zone, Northern Chile.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
This study evaluates the utility of the tail of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis as a biomonitor for assessing variation in heavy metals contamination (lead, copper, nickel, zinc and cadmium) using non- or minimally invasive methods that do not require
Yery Marambio-Alfaro, Christopher Harrod, Felipe Docmac   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Data on metal accumulation in the tails of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis in a coastal zone of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: A non-destructive biomonitoring tool for heavy metal pollution. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2020
In this data article, we investigated the accumulation of heavy metals in the lizard Microlophus atacamensis, in three coastal areas of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. We captured lizards in a non-intervened area (Parque Nacional Pan de Azucar, PAZ),
Marambio-Alfaro Y, Saavedra JV, Enciso LÑ, Marras AL, Serrano AE, Peláez RM, Bruna AC, Ávalos GÁ, Maldonado MV.   +8 more
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Sexual and age differences in ecological variables of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) from northern Chile Diferencias sexuales y etárias en variables ecológicas del lagarto Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) del norte de Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2002
Microlophus is a lizard genus of South-America which has many species with sexual size dimorphism. An ecological study was performed on M. atacamensis, a species inhabiting the intertidal zone of the coast of northern Chile.
MARCELA VIDAL, JUAN CARLOS ORTIZ, ANTONIETA LABRA   +2 more
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ANALISIS OSTEOLOGICO EN DOS ESPECIES DE MICROLOPHUS (SAURIA, TROPIDURIDAE) DE LA COSTA CHILENO-PERUANA OSTEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IN TWO MICROLOPHUS SPECIES (SAURIA, TROPIDURIDAE) IN THE CHILEAN-PERUVIAN COAST

Gayana, 2004
Se estudió la osteología craneana de Microlophus atacamensis (Donoso-Barros 1966) y Microlophus quadrivittatus (Tschudi 1845) en seis localidades costeras de Chile y Perú.
Marcela A. Vidal, Juan Carlos Ortiz
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Reptiles of the Atacama Region, northern Chile: localities, and representation in provinces, ecogeographic landscapes, vegetation formations and protected areas

Gayana, 2023
We provide a checklist of reptiles distributed throughout the Atacama Region, northern Chile. Twenty- two species were found inhabiting this region, and their representation in provinces, ecogeographic landscapes, vegetation formations and protected ...
Jorge Mella Ávila, Yery Marambio-Alfaro
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Variación aloenzimática y parentesco evolutivo en especies de Microlophus del grupo "peruvianus" (Squamata: Tropiduridae) Allozyme variation and evolutionary relationships in species of the genus Microlophus («peruvianus» group) (Squamata; Tropiduridae)

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2003
RESUMEN Se determinó la variación aloenzimática y el grado de parentesco evolutivo en especies del género Microlophus del grupo "peruvianus" provenientes de 11 localidades de Chile y sur de Perú. Además se incluyó a dos grupos externos (M.
PEDRO F VICTORIANO, FERNANDO TORRES-PÉREZ, JUAN CARLOS ORTIZ, LUIS E PARRA, IRMA NORTHLAND, JUANA CAPETILLO   +5 more
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Análisis, síntesis y evaluación de la literatura de lagartos de la Región de Atacama, Chile Analysis, synthesis and evaluation of the literature of lizards from Atacama Region, Chile

Gayana, 2011
La herpetología ha sido una de las disciplinas científicas más estudiadas de la zoología atacameña, sin embargo su conocimiento es aún insuficiente. Por ejemplo no hay consenso en el número de especies que habitan esta región. Algunos autores estiman que
Pablo Valladares Faúndez
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