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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Societas Europaea Herpetologica
2021
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| Summary: | 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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