Feeding Behavior on Tree Sap and Planthopper-derived Honeydew by a Fish-scale Gecko (<i>Geckolepis</i> sp.) in a Dry Forest of Madagascar
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- JONO Teppei
- Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- Feeding Behavior on Tree Sap and Planthopper-derived Honeydew by a Fish-scale Gecko (Geckolepis sp.) in a Dry Forest of Madagascar
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Abstract
Although most geckos are carnivorous, a number of examples of occasional observations on plant consumption have been reported in recent years. Moreover, previous research has reported that several Madagascan geckos lick honeydew excreted from planthoppers. Here, I report feeding on tree sap and honeydew by Geckolepis sp., a fish-scale gecko from northwestern Madagascar. Although, in the previous report, the planthopper showed specific abdomen movement after stimulation by a gecko, the planthopper and the gecko in my observation did not show any specific behavioral interaction. Honeydew milking without a specialized behavioral interaction, which was observed in Geckolepis sp., might be the intermediate stage of the evolutionary transition from simple feeding on plant sap to the highly specialized behavioral interaction that enhances honeydew milking.
Journal
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- Current Herpetology
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Current Herpetology 34 (1), 85-88, 2015
The Herpetological Society of Japan
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- CRID
- 1390001204713970944
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- NII Article ID
- 130004888108
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- NII Book ID
- AA12246863
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- ISSN
- 18811019
- 13455834
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026182907
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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- KAKEN
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