Higher Body Temps In Island Lizards Help Them Escape Snake Predation
Reptiles Magazine Rise in temperatures on Japan's Izu islands caused Okada's five-lined skink to run faster. January 9, 2021 A four decade study of Japan’s Okada’s five-lined skink ( Plestiodon latiscutatus) and its main predator, the Japanese four-lined rat snake ( Elaphe quadrivirgata), shows that higher body temperatures of the skink helps them run faster and more efficiently to escape from the snakes. Researchers Ph.D student Félix Landry Yuan of the University of Hong Kong’s Research Division for Ecology & Biodiversity and Ph.D candidate Shun Ito of Tohoku University’s Graduate...
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