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Ecomorphological Variation In Three Species Of Cybotoid Anoles, A. F. Kahrl, Brittney M. Ivanov, K. C. Wollenberg Valero, Michele A. Johnson
Ecomorphological Variation In Three Species Of Cybotoid Anoles, A. F. Kahrl, Brittney M. Ivanov, K. C. Wollenberg Valero, Michele A. Johnson
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Caribbean Anolis lizards exhibit a complex suite of ecological, morphological, and behavioral traits that allow their specialization to particular microhabitats. These microhabitat specialists, called ecomorphs, have independently evolved on the four islands of the Greater Antilles, and diversification among anole ecomorphs has been the focus of many studies. Yet, habitat specialization has also occurred among species within the same ecomorph group. Here, we examined ecological, morphological, and behavioral divergence in three Hispaniolan trunk-ground species, the cybotoid anoles: Anolis cybotes, A. marcanoi, and A. longitibialis. We found differences in limb morphology, locomotor behavior, and perch use among the three cybotoid species …