SEX RECOGNITION BY MALES OF THE LIZARD LACERTA-VIVIPARA AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY
SEX RECOGNITION BY MALES OF THE LIZARD LACERTA-VIVIPARA AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY
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DOI：
10.1163/156853887x00045
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发表时间：
1987-01-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
VERHEYEN R F
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作者：
BAUWENS D;NUIJTEN K;VERHEYEN R F
通过观察胎生蜥蜴（Lacerta vivipara）对几种引进的同种成年蜥蜴的行为反应，研究了胎生蜥蜴的颜色图案和气味线索在成年雄性蜥蜴性别鉴定中的作用。生殖男性追求接受和不接受成年女性。此外，他们还向被引入的雄性求偶，这些雄性被涂上模仿雌性颜色的图案，这表明色素在性别识别中起作用。雄性对被涂成雄性的雌性、未处理的雌性和均匀涂成黑色的雌性的反应是相同的。这表明，男性并不完全依赖于颜色模式的性别识别。气味作为刺激求偶的次要因素似乎并不重要。其他刺激的性别鉴定的可能贡献进行了讨论。
The role of colour pattern and odiferous cues in sex identification by adult males of the lizard Lacerta vivipara was examined by observing their behavioural response towards several types of introduced conspecific adults. Reproductive males courted both receptive and non-receptive adult females. In addition, they courted introduced males that were painted to mimic the females' colour pattern, indicating that pigmentation functions in sex recognition. Responses of males to females painted as males, untreated females, and uniformly black painted females were identical. This demonstrates that males do not rely exclusively on colour pattern for sex recognition. Odour does not seem to be important as a secondary factor in stimulating courtship. The possible contribution of other stimuli to sex identification is discussed.