Podarcis muralis (Common Wall Lizard). Tail bifurcation

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Brattstrom 1965, op. cit.). The T p from the laboratory gradient for P. lynxe (27.53°C) is at the lower end of previously reported T p for North American Plestiodon (range 28-32.6°C; Fitch 1954, op. cit.; Andrews 1994, op. cit.; Youssef et al. 2008, op. cit.). The significant relationships between T b and environmental temperatures in our study are consistent with other studies on Plestiodon that have found similar significant relationships, especially with T s (Mount 1963, op. cit.; Andrews 1994, op. cit.; Du et al. 2006, op. cit.). Even though there was a statistically significant difference in T b and T p , with T b being higher, the difference was only 0.5°C on average, suggesting T b and T p are fairly similar in P. lynxe. This is consistent with a lack of difference in T b and T p observed in P. laticeps (Pentecost 1974, op. cit.). Taken together, our observations on the thermal ecology of P. lynxe, the most southern species of American Plestiodon to be examined to date, suggests that it is not much different from the other American Plestiodon species for which data are available. Thus, it appears that there may be conservation of thermal ecology within this genus, as suggested by Youssef et al. (2008, op. cit.). This research conformed with all laws and regulations in place in Mexico at the time the research was conducted.