Frugivory and seed dispersal by lizards: a global review

A Valido, JM Olesen - Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Birds and mammals are the only vertebrates which receive comprehensive attention in
studies of dispersal of fleshy-fruited plant species. However, recently the importance of …

The relationship between diet and tooth complexity in living dentigerous saurians

KM Melstrom - Journal of morphology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Living saurian reptiles exhibit a wide range of diets, from carnivores to strict herbivores.
Previous research suggests that the tooth shape in some lizard clades correlates with diet …

A new Carboniferous edaphosaurid and the origin of herbivory in mammal forerunners

A Mann, AC Henrici, HD Sues, SE Pierce - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Herbivory evolved independently in several tetrapod lineages during the Late Carboniferous
and became more widespread throughout the Permian Period, eventually leading to the …

Diet of the invasive Argentine black and white tegu in central Florida

TS Campbell, SA Johnson - Southeastern Naturalist, 2021 - BioOne
Abstract Salvator merianae (Argentine Black and White Tegu, hereafter also ABWT) is a
large bodied, omnivorous lizard native to South America. In Florida, where the species was …

Seabird nutrient subsidies benefit non-nitrogen fixing trees and alter species composition in South American coastal dry forests

G Havik, A Catenazzi, M Holmgren - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Marine-derived nutrients can increase primary productivity and change species composition
of terrestrial plant communities in coastal and riverine ecosystems. We hypothesized that …

The micro-niche explains allotopy and syntopy in South American Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) lizards

AS Quinteros, SN Portelli - PeerJ, 2025 - peerj.com
Species distribution models have been established as essential tools for projecting the
effects of changing environmental conditions on species distribution across space and time …

Tropidurus catalanensis (Squamata, Tropiduridae) Lizards Consume Less Animal Matter When Dehydrated

DC Fernandes, CA Navas, C Piantoni - South American Journal of …, 2024 - BioOne
Lizards of the genus Tropidurus typically exhibit an omnivorous diet composed
predominantly of invertebrates, flowers, and fruits. The proportion of plant material in their …

Complex food preference analysis of the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) lizards from Iharkút (Bakony Mountains, Hungary)

K Gere, ER Bodor, L Makádi, A Ősi - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Upper Cretaceous Iharkút vertebrate locality (Bakony Mountains, Hungary)
provided a diverse lizard fauna. In order to infer their food preference, jaw and tooth …

Dieta de la lagartija de los gramadales Microlophus thoracicus icae en el valle del río Ica, Perú

J Pérez, E Fuentes, J Jordán - Revista peruana de biología, 2015 - scielo.org.pe
Se evaluó la dieta de la lagartija de los gramadales Microlophus thoracicus icae en tres
localidades del Valle del río Ica, Perú. La dieta de este saurio se caracterizó por un …

Sex and ontogenetic dietary shift in Pogona barbata, the Australian eastern bearded dragon

D Wotherspoon, S Burgin - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Differences may occur in the carnivore–omnivore–herbivore spectrum over the lifespan of a
reptilian species, but it seldom occurs between adult males and females. Information …