Feeding Mechanisms in Pygopodid Lizards: How Can Lialis Swallow Such Large Prey?
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Herpetology
- Vol. 20 (1), 59-64
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1564125
Abstract
Most species of the Australian legless lizards (Pygopodidae) feed primarily on arthropods, but one genus (Lialis) feeds on other lizards, chiefly skinks. Feedin...This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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