Robbery in the Dark : Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae

• KOJIMA Yosuke

  Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• Robbery in the Dark: Nocturnal Foraging of a Madagascan Diurnal Gecko, <i>Lygodactylus tolampyae</i>

抄録

Foraging behavior of a diurnal gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae, was observed during the night in the field in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. An adult L. tolampyae was observed to stay near the nest of an ant, Aphaenogaster swammerdami. The gecko attacked a worker ant carrying a pupa and ate only the pupa by robbing it from the worker. This observation suggests that typically diurnal geckos may shift foraging time to the night under natural conditions.

収録刊行物

• Ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔ　ｈｅｒｐｅｔｏｌｏｇｙ

  Ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔ　ｈｅｒｐｅｔｏｌｏｇｙ 35 (2), 135-138, 2016

  日本爬虫両棲類学会

キーワード

• <i>Lygodactylus tolampyae</i>
• Gecko
• Nocturnal activity
• Ambush
• Foraging

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282679691107840
• NII論文ID: 130005262367
• NII書誌ID: AA12246863
• DOI: 10.5358/hsj.35.135
• ISSN: 18811019
• ISSN: 13455834
• NDL書誌ID: 027558027
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I027558027
• 本文言語コード: en
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