Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Eggs Associated with Nest Chambers of the Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus brunneus

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. Kwapich
Keyword(s):  
Anolis Carolinensis ◽  
Green Anole ◽  
Odontomachus Brunneus

Green Anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) deposit eggs in nests of the Trap Jaw Ant, Odontomachus brunneus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. Kwapich
Keyword(s):  
Anolis Carolinensis ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Ant Nests ◽  
Green Anole ◽  
Ponerine Ant ◽  
Green Anole Lizards ◽  
Odontomachus Brunneus ◽  
Spatial Resources ◽  
Hatching Rates

Squamates eggs are rarely found in ant nests, and are largely restricted to the nests of neotropical fungus gardening in the tribe Attini. Ponerine ant nests have not previously been reported as nesting cavities for squamates, including the Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis). The current study reports the association of Green Anole eggs and hatchlings with the subterranean nest chambers of the trap jaw ant, Odontomachus brunneus. Hatching rates suggest that O. brunneus nests may be used communally by multiple females, which partition spatial resources with other recently introduced Anolis species in their native range. This new nesting strategy is placed in the context of know associations between frogs, snakes, legless worm lizards and ants.

Photo-thermoperiodic effects on fat stores in the green anole,Anolis carolinensis

1981 ◽  
Vol 217 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaine R. Ferrell ◽  
Albert H. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Anolis Carolinensis ◽  
Green Anole ◽  
Fat Stores

Assessment Strategies and the Effects of Fighting Experience on Future Contest Performance in the Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Ethology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 118 (9) ◽  
pp. 821-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Garcia ◽  
Laura Paiva ◽  
Michelle Lennox ◽  
Boopathy Sivaraman ◽  
Stephanie C. Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anolis Carolinensis ◽  
Green Anole ◽  
Assessment Strategies
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