Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• DÜŞEN, Serdar
• ÖZ, Mehmet

Titel

A study on the feeding biology of Laudakia (0=Agama) stellio (L. 1758) (Lacertilia: Agamidae) populations in the Antalya Region

Ist Teil von

• Turkish journal of zoology, 2001, Vol.25 (3), p.177-181

Ort / Verlag

TÜBİTAK

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The feeding biology of Laudakia (=Agama) stellio (L. 1758) was studied using 91 specimens collected from the Antalya region over two consecutive years (1995 and 1996). A total of 1224 prey items were identifed and their frequency of occurrence and percentt of diet were tabulated. The majority of the diet consisted of the class Insecta (99.18%), and within this class, Hymenoptera (72.21%) was the major order represented, primarily by the families Formicidae (49.83%) and Apidae (16.74%). In addition to insects, L. stellio feeds on plant material, insect larvae and eggs, and even snails, showing opportunist feeding behavior.