Diving to survive: a new escape behavior for the scansorial arboreal Amazonian lizard Plica plica (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

Autores/as

  • Adriano Oliveira Maciel Author
  • Marcelo José Sturaro Author
  • Daniel Pires Coutinho Author
  • Pedro Luiz Vieira Del Peloso Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4716400

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2026-05-06

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OLIVEIRA MACIEL, Adriano; JOSÉ STURARO, Marcelo; PIRES COUTINHO, Daniel; LUIZ VIEIRA DEL PELOSO, Pedro. Diving to survive: a new escape behavior for the scansorial arboreal Amazonian lizard Plica plica (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologia Brasileira, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 91–98, 2026. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4716400. Disponível em: https://hb.sbherpetologia.org.br/index.php/hb/article/view/128. Acesso em: 15 jun. 2026.