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Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo

Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) is a large, forest-dwelling lizard, inhabiting lowland rainforests and peat swamp forests of Sundaland (Das, 2006). They are often found perching on tree trunks during the day and sleep clinging onto slender tree branches, their heads directed towards the...

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Main Authors: Das, Indraneil, Wong, Jye Wen
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Language:English
Published: Societas Europaea Herpetologica 2021
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Q Science (General)
QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.348932023-03-30T03:38:13Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34893/ Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo Das, Indraneil Wong, Jye Wen Q Science (General) QL Zoology Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) is a large, forest-dwelling lizard, inhabiting lowland rainforests and peat swamp forests of Sundaland (Das, 2006). They are often found perching on tree trunks during the day and sleep clinging onto slender tree branches, their heads directed towards the trunk at night. This sleeping behaviour is commonly seen in many arboreal lizards to enhance detecting and subsequently avoiding nocturnal predators (Mohanty et al., 2016). Despite these strategies, lizards are often mentioned as prey of snakes. Within the genus, G. chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) has been reported as prey of the cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (Boie, 1827) (Cegalerba and Szwemberg, n.d.) in Sumatra, Indonesia. Societas Europaea Herpetologica 2021-02-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34893/1/564-%20Wong%20%26%20Das%20%28Gonocephalus%20predation%29.pdf Das, Indraneil and Wong, Jye Wen (2021) Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo. Herpetology Notes, 14 (1). pp. 349-351. ISSN 2071-5773 https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/64485/65320 https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/64485/65320
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QL Zoology
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QL Zoology
Das, Indraneil
Wong, Jye Wen
Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
description Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872) is a large, forest-dwelling lizard, inhabiting lowland rainforests and peat swamp forests of Sundaland (Das, 2006). They are often found perching on tree trunks during the day and sleep clinging onto slender tree branches, their heads directed towards the trunk at night. This sleeping behaviour is commonly seen in many arboreal lizards to enhance detecting and subsequently avoiding nocturnal predators (Mohanty et al., 2016). Despite these strategies, lizards are often mentioned as prey of snakes. Within the genus, G. chamaeleontinus (Laurenti, 1768) has been reported as prey of the cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (Boie, 1827) (Cegalerba and Szwemberg, n.d.) in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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author Das, Indraneil
Wong, Jye Wen
author_facet Das, Indraneil
Wong, Jye Wen
author_sort Das, Indraneil
title Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
title_short Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
title_full Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
title_fullStr Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Predation on Gonocephalus liogaster (Agamidae) by Ptyas carinata (Colubridae) in Sarawak, Borneo
title_sort predation on gonocephalus liogaster (agamidae) by ptyas carinata (colubridae) in sarawak, borneo
publisher Societas Europaea Herpetologica
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34893/1/564-%20Wong%20%26%20Das%20%28Gonocephalus%20predation%29.pdf
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