INDUCTION OF ORANGE HEAD COLORATION AND ACTIVATION OF COURTSHIP AND AGGRESSION BY TESTOSTERONE IN THE MALE BROAD-HEADED SKINK (EUMECES-LATICEPS)
INDUCTION OF ORANGE HEAD COLORATION AND ACTIVATION OF COURTSHIP AND AGGRESSION BY TESTOSTERONE IN THE MALE BROAD-HEADED SKINK (EUMECES-LATICEPS)
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DOI：
10.2307/1564469
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发表时间：
1987-06-01
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
VITT, LJ
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作者：
COOPER, WE;MENDONCA, MT;VITT, LJ
雄性侧头石龙子在春季繁殖季节会出现明亮的橙子色头部，此时它们会与其他雄性打斗并与雌性发生性行为。在繁殖季节之外，头的颜色变淡，性行为和争斗行为停止。腹腔内植入丙酸睾酮硅橡胶胶囊恢复明亮的橙子头部着色和激活求爱和竞争行为的去势男性。
Male Eumeces laticeps develop bright orange head coloration during the spring breeding season, when they fight with other males and engage in sexual behavior with females. Outside the breeding season the head color fades and the sexual and agonistic behaviors cease. Intraperitoneal implantation of testosterone propionate in Silastic capsules restores the bright orange head coloration and activates courtship and agonistic behaviors in castrated males.