Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023)
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Population dependent behavioral responses among color morphs of European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)?

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  • Lekshmi B. Sreelatha,
  • Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza,
  • Oleksandra Oskyrko,
  • Verónica Gomes,
  • Pedro Andrade,
  • Zbyszek Boratyński,
  • Miguel A. Carretero
Lekshmi B. Sreelatha
CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas n.7. 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169 - 007, Porto, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal ; Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, APDO 22085, 46071 València, Spain
Oleksandra Oskyrko
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
Verónica Gomes
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Pedro Andrade
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Zbyszek Boratyński
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Miguel A. Carretero
CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Ale-gre, s/n, 4169 - 007, Porto, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-14610

Published 2023-12-27

Keywords

  • behavior,
  • locomotion,
  • open field test,
  • European wall lizard,
  • Podarcis muralis,
  • selection,
  • color polymorphism
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Sreelatha, L. B., Pérez i de Lanuza G., Oskyrko, O., Gomes, V., Andrade, P., Boratyński Z., & Carretero, M. A. (2023). Population dependent behavioral responses among color morphs of European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)?. Acta Herpetologica, 18(2), 139–145. https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-14610

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Abstract

Color polymorphisms are common across reptile species and are frequently correlated with variation in behavior and other functional traits. Here, we tested whether the ventral color morphs (yellow, orange and white pure, as well as yellow-orange and white-orange mosaic morphs) of European wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) exhibit differential temporal changes in their reaction to exposure to a novel environment. We conducted 15 min long trials of a novel environment test (open field test) in a set of populations from the eastern Pyrenees. Locomotion, boldness and freezing behavior changed over time, in agreement with a previous study carried out in central Pyrenees, but without highlighting a clear behavioral difference among color morphs. Only yellow-orange lizards showed a distinct correlation pattern between locomotion and body size compared to the other morphs. Carefully standardized studies involving more populations are needed to unravel the complex interactions between morphological and behavioral traits among lizard color morphs.

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