Sexual Dimorphism in Leposternon microcephalum and L. wuchereri (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

R Filogonio, CAB Galdino, DPR Cabral… - …, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
R Filogonio, CAB Galdino, DPR Cabral, AF Righi, MF Lopes, LB Nascimento
Herpetologica, 2009meridian.allenpress.com
We present data about sexual dimorphism of two amphisbaenian species, Leposternon
microcephalum and Leposternon wuchereri. Specimens were collected during faunal
rescues in the course of the flooding process of four different hydroelectric dams, Santa
Clara, Funil, Candonga and Ponte Hydroelectrics, at the Minas Gerais state, southeastern
Brazil. Both species exhibited sexual dimorphism for different morphometric variables. While
males of L. microcephalum have wider heads than conspecific females, males of L …
Abstract
We present data about sexual dimorphism of two amphisbaenian species, Leposternon microcephalum and Leposternon wuchereri. Specimens were collected during faunal rescues in the course of the flooding process of four different hydroelectric dams, Santa Clara, Funil, Candonga and Ponte Hydroelectrics, at the Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. Both species exhibited sexual dimorphism for different morphometric variables. While males of L. microcephalum have wider heads than conspecific females, males of L. wuchereri have wider, longer and taller heads than females but are smaller in body size.
meridian.allenpress.com
以上显示的是最相近的搜索结果。 查看全部搜索结果