Sexual selection in scaled reptiles studies how sexual selection manifests in snakes and lizards, which constitute the order Squamata of reptiles. Each...

Sexual selection is a mechanism of evolution in which members of one sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete...

difference in the coloration of sexes within a given species is called sexual dichromatism, commonly seen in many species of birds and reptiles. Sexual selection...

female mate. These are just few of many examples in nature that show how sexual selection would be used in nature when females are choosing a mate. A few...

Squamata (/skwæˈmeɪtə/, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles; most members of which are commonly known as lizards,...

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four...

peacocks. However, in humans, both sexes exert mate choice. MHC-based sexual selection is known to involve olfactory mechanisms in such vertebrate taxa...

determination in reptiles and crustaceans. The male and female of a species may be physically alike (sexual monomorphism) or have physical differences (sexual dimorphism)...

In ecology, r/K selection theory relates to the selection of combinations of traits in an organism that trade off between quantity and quality of offspring...

details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. Darwin used the word...

the showy features of the males had evolved by sexual selection. More recently, Amotz Zahavi proposed in his handicap principle that these features acted...

dekayi)". Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota.[self-published source?] Hecnar, S. J., & Hecnar, D. R. (2011). Microhabitat selection of woody debris by...

also been observed in reptiles, fish, and insects. Sexual monogamy is also rare among animals. Many socially monogamous species engage in extra-pair copulations...

"Thermal cues influence strikes in pitless vipers". Journal of Herpetology. 24 (4). Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians: 448–50. doi:10.2307/1565074...

argued that internal fertilization evolve because of sexual selection through sperm competition. In amphibians, internal fertilization evolved from external...

Weatherhead, P. J. (1999). Female Distribution Affects Mate Searching and Sexual Selection in Male Northern Water Snakes (Nerodia sipedon). Behavioral Ecology...

reptiles and batrachians of North America". Memoires of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8 (3): 1–185. Garman S (1890). "Notes on Illinois reptiles and...

In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract...

Further evidence for sexual selection of these jowls comes from observations that ventral pterygoideus muscle mass increases in males during the reproductive...

describe the role of natural selection in speciation in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. He also identified sexual selection as a likely mechanism, but...

Columbia, Canada in 1970, when a dozen individuals were released into the wild from a small private zoo. List of reptiles of Italy List of reptiles of Spain List...

swift-moving reptiles, capable of impressive sprints over short distances. This diurnal (day-active) lizard, like the majority reptiles, is an ectotherm...

documented and prevalent in many animals as a means of sexual selection, creating a selective pressure on males to be larger. In an analysis on snakes,...

"excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized...

(1997). "Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Marine Iguanas Fluctuate as a Result of Opposing Natural and Sexual Selection: An Island Comparison"...

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Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. Palmer, William M., Alvin L. Braswell, Renaldo Kuhler (1995). Reptiles of North Carolina...

Lepidosauria (/ˌlɛpɪdoʊˈsɔːriə/, from Greek meaning scaled lizards) is a superorder or subclass of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia...

triangulum". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-03-10. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lampropeltis triangulum. Milk Snake, Reptiles and Amphibians...

vertebrates, such as some fish, amphibians, and reptiles. This type of reproduction has been induced artificially in animal species that naturally reproduce through...