Daily Activity Patterns and Perch Height Utilization in Pre-Breeding Season by Forest Calotes, <I>Calotes rouxii</I> (Sauria: Agamidae) in the Sacred Grove of the Northern Western Ghats

ISSN 1811-9778 DOI: 10.3923/ijzr.2016.18.24

Research Article

Daily Activity Patterns and Perch Height Utilization in

Pre-Breeding Season by Forest Calotes,

Calotes rouxii

_(Sauria:

Agamidae) in the Sacred Grove of the Northern Western Ghats

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Sameer Bajru,

Omkar Yadav and

Shivanand Yankanchi

1_{Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai, 400 001, Maharashtra, India}

2_{Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416 004, Maharashtra, India}

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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No . o f li za rd s

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Air temperature (°C) R = 0.00692

R = 0.51662

Male Female Linear (male) Linear (female) (a) 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 N o . o f li za rd s 40

Relative humidity (%) R = 0.64092

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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