Sentences with phrase «skyros wall lizards»

Food habits of a New York population of Italian wall lizards, Podarcis sicula (Reptilia, Lacertidae).

But Aegean wall lizards have a different strategy.

Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into.

On Skyros, the wall lizards still attack youngsters — as many lizard species do — but this usually involves nibbling off a stray toe or tail.

The urge to eat each other is so strong in giant wall lizards that they even tried their luck on other fully grown adults.

Resting out in the open on rocks can be a risky business for Aegean wall lizards.

However, it is not entirely a tale of woe for the male Aegean wall lizard.

Using models that replicated the colouration of male and female wall lizards found on the Greek islands of Skopelos and Syros, they found that the male lizard models were less well camouflaged against their habitat and more likely to fall prey to bird attacks.

He says, however, because they are small and easy to keep in captivity — unlike wild mice, which are notoriously difficult to maintain in cages — wall lizards would make a good model species for experiments designed to determine the effects of toxins on mortality, reproduction and growth.

Environmental scientists from the University of Siena in Italy analyzed wall lizards captured at four sites downwind from the Monte Alpi Oil Center in Val d'Agri, an area in Italy's southern Apennine mountains that holds substantial oil reserves.

Russell Burke, a biologist at Hoftstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., who has studied Italian wall lizards in the U.S., says the species would be «at least as good as, and possibly better than» other bio-indicators, such as mice and plants.

But for Erhard's wall lizard, found across Greece's Cyclades islands, its tendency to jettison the tail — and indeed its tolerance for disturbance — depends on which island it lives on.

Predation risk may explain the absence of nuptial coloration in the wall lizard, Podarcis muralis.

Dr. Paul Tafforeau (head of the ID19 beamline, ESRF) recalls «a team came to study the inner ear of modern lizards and after their experiment they were looking at a 3D reconstruction of a common wall lizard.

Not exact matches

Plenty of reptiles give birth to live young, including a fifth of all lizards and snakes, and they all allow the embryo to nestle against the wall of an...

Without glue, suction, or claws, these lizards scamper up walls and hang from ceilings.

Anole lizards have a talent for evolution, and it's not confined to the wild — urban - dwellers have evolved new traits to help them climb windows and walls

The gripping system developed by Parness and colleagues was inspired by geckos, lizards that cling to walls with ease.

They found that city lizards could cling to objects like walls and windows, meaning they use the full urban environment instead of restricting themselves to wild patches more similar to their forest roots.

They found that city lizards regularly clung to objects like walls and windows, proving that they use the full urban environment instead of restricting themselves to wild patches more similar to their forest roots.

While the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group retain their likability, and there's something kind of endearing about the disjointed, throw - everything - at - the - wall, «Caddyshack» type chaos behind the comedy, there are simply too many dead spots and cheap jokes and flat gags to carry a full - length feature.

It turns in with the agility of a chameleon's tongue, and it hangs on like a lizard to a vertical wall — until it eventually whips its tail like an angry croc.

A place that has become famous as the home of the worlds largest living lizard, the imposing Komodo Dragon, the Komodo and Rinca islands also offer divers an abundance of large pelagic's, incredible macro opportunities, spectacular bio-diversity, massive open underwater pinnacles, crystal clear waters, incredible wall dives, and often raging currents.

The new vodka tasting ice room at Lizard Creek Lodge is an intimate indoor, refrigerated room complete with an ice bar, ice shot glasses and ice walls with ice alcoves into which are placed more than 20 kinds of vodka from around the world.

After dinner (or before), wander down to the Split (ocean area that separates the island) and have a drink at The Lazy Lizard, a bar with a «beach» area that consists of a sunken picnic area surrounded by cement sea walls.

Lizards and birds were perched in the nooks and crannies of the limestone walls that rose up around the sinkhole; the cool, blue water, about 280 feet deep, was perfect for diving if you must.

A good place to start are the interior and exterior walls of your accommodation where you will encounter many species of lizards and gecko's on every corner.

Even his Untitled (Lizard) from 1963 retains the spirit of a painting, meant to hang on an interior wall.

Ancient petroglyphs of lizards and unidentifiable creatures dot canyon walls to the northeast.