| Title: | It sounds like food: Phonotaxis of a diurnal lizard |
| Author(s): | Perez-Cembranos A; Perez-Mellado V; |
| Address: | "Department of Animal Biology Edificio de Farmacia, 5 feminine Planta Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, University of Salamanca, 37071, Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address: anapercem@usal.es. Department of Animal Biology Edificio de Farmacia, 5 feminine Planta Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, University of Salamanca, 37071, Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address: valentin@usal.es" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104217 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1872-8308 (Electronic) 0376-6357 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Foraging diurnal lizards are well known for their use of visual and chemical cues to detect prey. We already showed that the Balearic lizard is able to detect prey using visual and chemical cues, even from airborne odors. In this study we carried out a field experiment to test if lizards can detect prey using acoustic cues. Our results show that Podarcis lilfordi is able to detect flies trapped inside opaque cups, only using acoustic cues. To our knowledge, this is the first known case of phonotaxis of a diurnal lizard. Thus, P. lilfordi can detect, from far away, current pollinators trapped inside floral chambers of the dead horse arum, Helicodiceros muscivorus. This is another behavioral trait displayed by the Balearic lizard during its complex interaction with the dead horse arum" |
| Keywords: | Animals Cues Food *Lizards Odorants Sound Foraging Islands Lacertidae Phonotaxis Podarcis lilfordi; |
| Notes: | "MedlinePerez-Cembranos, Ana Perez-Mellado, Valentin eng Netherlands 2020/08/09 Behav Processes. 2020 Oct; 179:104217. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104217. Epub 2020 Aug 4" |
