Daily activity pattern in spring of Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata: Liolaemidae), a sky island lizard of the Andes mountains
Vol. 89 No. 1 (2025), Short Communications
Vol. 89 No. 1 (2025)

Daily activity pattern in spring of Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata: Liolaemidae), a sky island lizard of the Andes mountains

Short Communications
Published 2025-06-30
Jorge Mella
Consultora Cristian Muñoz Villouta, Santiago, Chile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4299-9196
Jorge Mella-Romero
Laboratorio de Conservación Biológica y Laboratorio de Ecología y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-984X
Juan Luis Allendes
Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Chile (PCMCh), Santiago, Chile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-3080
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Keywords

Andean
behavior
reptiles
saxicolous
seasonality

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Mella, J., Mella-Romero, J., & Allendes, J. L. (2025). Daily activity pattern in spring of Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata: Liolaemidae), a sky island lizard of the Andes mountains. Gayana, 89(1), 60–65. Retrieved from https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/383
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Abstract

This work presents the daily activity pattern in spring of Liolaemus nigroviridis Müller & Hellmich, 1932, a sky island lizard of the Andes. Behavioral data were recorded and analyzed for L. nigroviridis in Farellones (central Chile) during the spring season. The pattern for adult lizards was unimodal, with a higher concentration of specimens observed between 13:00 and 14:00 pm. Juveniles presented a relatively constant activity during the day. The results may be explained by seasonality and the thermoregulatory behavior of the species.

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