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Use Of Passive Integrated Transponders In Hatchling Texas Horned Lizards, Scott E. Henke
Use Of Passive Integrated Transponders In Hatchling Texas Horned Lizards, Scott E. Henke
The Prairie Naturalist
The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is a Texas state-threatened species and acquisition of data related to the species' ecology is essential. To accomplish this task individual animals need to be marked. Many marking techniques are available for lizards, however the majority of techniques have been tested on adults only. Studies involving hatchling and juvenile horned lizards are scarce due to problems associated with marking and relocating individuals in these age classes. I demonstrated that injection of passive integrated transponders (PIT's) can safely be used as a marking method in young Texas horned lizards. Thirty-two captive bred hatchling lizards were …