An Ethogram of the Toad-headed Lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii during the Breeding Season  

作　　者：Yin QI Shasha LI Langduoerji SUO Hua LI Yuezhao WANG 

机构地区：[1]Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences [2]College of Life Sciences,Sichuan University [3]Management Bureau of Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve

出　　处：《Asian Herpetological Research》2011年第2期110-116,共7页亚洲两栖爬行动物研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by agrant of the National Natural Science Foundation of China to Yuezhao WANG(No.31071892)

摘　　要：In this study, we intended to construct an ethogram of the toad-headed lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii by classifying and describing its behaviors using the Posture-act-environment （PAE） method. Through direct field observation and video recording, we obtained eight postures, sixty-two acts and ten environments, and thus we formed an ethogram consisting of eighty-three behaviors encoded with PAE. A complete ethogram for a species could provide systematic behavioral information which helps to understand the connections among related behaviors and provides background information for specific behavioral study, hence the present ethogram will be greatly useful for future behavioral studies on P. vlangalii as well as other Phrynocephalus species.In this study, we intended to construct an ethogram of the toad-headed lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii by classifying and describing its behaviors using the Posture-act-environment （PAE） method. Through direct field observation and video recording, we obtained eight postures, sixty-two acts and ten environments, and thus we formed an ethogram consisting of eighty-three behaviors encoded with PAE. A complete ethogram for a species could provide systematic behavioral information which helps to understand the connections among related behaviors and provides background information for specific behavioral study, hence the present ethogram will be greatly useful for future behavioral studies on P. vlangalii as well as other Phrynocephalus species.

关 键 词：reproductive behavior Phrynocephalus vlangalii PAE coding posture-act-environment tail curling 

分 类 号：Q958[生物学—动物学]