Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2014

Behavioral Ecology, Breeding Period, Sexual Dimorphism and Ovipositional Behavior of Psammophilus blanfordanus (Family: Agamidae): Case Study

Rakesh Kumar Mukherjee, Puspanjali Parida

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Behavioral ecology, eeding period, sexual dimorphism and ovipositional behavior were investigated in the lizard, Psammophilus blanfordanus in Mayurbhanj of Odisha. It was found that they regularly bask in the morning to maintain elevated body temperatures. However, the maximum number of adult males and the gravid females of Psammophilus blanfordanus are usually found from May through July months of the year. Males acquired larger body sizes than females during eeding season. Eggs are laid in clutches of up to eight in numbers. The observed sexual dimorphism in body size, head size and body colouration in males to hold more number of females in their territory. This is the first described observation of the ovipositional behavior of Psammophilus blanfordanus. The ovipositional behavior consisted of digging a hole to lay eggs, laying the eggs, burrying the eggs, emergence of hatchlings from the burrow.

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Rakesh Kumar Mukherjee, Puspanjali Parida Behavioral Ecology, Breeding Period, Sexual Dimorphism and Ovipositional Behavior of Psammophilus blanfordanus (Family: Agamidae): Case Study Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. I


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