Social Behavior in Hatchling Green Iguanas: Life at a Reptile Rookery
- 18 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 195 (4279), 689-691
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.195.4279.689
Abstract
Hatchling green iguanas (Iguana iguana) emerge from the ground in small groups in a communal nesting area on a small Panamanian islet and engage in complex social interactions. Iguanas from different clutches often join together before and during departure from the nest site. They also usually move around the islet and migrate from it to the larger adjacent landmass in social groups. These and other observations indicate that the sophistication of saurian social organization and neonate behavior has been underestimated.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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