Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica

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Autor principal: Frenkel, Caty
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2006
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3088
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spelling RBT30882022-07-06T16:08:13Z Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica Frenkel, Caty Gecko Frecuencia de canto distribución temperatura estacionalidad Hemidactylus frenatus autotomía Call frequency gecko distribution autotomy temperature seasonality Call frequency and movements of the gecko Hemidactylus frenatus were studied in Punta Morales, Costa Rica from April 1999 through May 2000. Call activity of H. frenatus was positively related to air temperature at night and throughout the year. Higher activity was at dusk, dawn, and during the hottest months. Call frequency was related with gecko abundance per month, although not during the night. More males and females had a regenerated tail compared to juveniles, the last ones could have it complete or regenerated. Females moved longer distances than males and juveniles. Adults were found higher on walls. Males and females were recaptured more times than juveniles, and the period of time between their recaptures was longer. Members of this population do not seem to be as aggressive to other geckos as mentioned in the literature. Universidad de Costa Rica 2006-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3088 10.15517/rbt.v54i4.3088 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 No. 4 (2006): Volume 54 – Regular number 4 – December 2006; 1125–1130 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 Núm. 4 (2006): Volumen 54 – Número regular 4 – Diciembre 2006; 1125–1130 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 N.º 4 (2006): Volume 54 – Regular number 4 – December 2006; 1125–1130 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v54i4 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3088/2996 Copyright (c) 2006 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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author Frenkel, Caty
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Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
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title Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
title_short Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
title_full Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
title_fullStr Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
title_sort hemidactylus frenatus (squamata: gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in costa rica
title_alt Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 2006
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3088
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