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Feeding Habits And Reproduction Of Three Sympatric Lizard Species From West-Central Utah, John B. Andre
Feeding Habits And Reproduction Of Three Sympatric Lizard Species From West-Central Utah, John B. Andre
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The feeding habits and reproduction of Uta stansburiana, Crotaphytus collaris and Cnemidophorus tigris during spring and summer 1976 are described. Feeding habits are expressed in percent total number and volume of prey items and frequency of occurrence of each prey category. Importance Values are also calculated. These values better illustrate the feeding habits of the lizard species than either percent total number and volume and frequency of prey category occurrence.
Lizards consume a variety of food items throughout the growing season. Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera and Arachnida are the major prey categories of U. stansburiana. The major prey categories …