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

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise...

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

Squamata (/skwæˈmeɪtə/, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes. With over 12,162 species...

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...

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

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

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...

of natural selection in which some individuals out-reproduce others of a population because they are better at securing mates for sexual reproduction...

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...

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

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

such processes are widely recognized: natural selection (in the broad sense, to include sexual selection), genetic drift, mutation, and migration (Fisher...

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,...

Lora L. (2019-01-15). "A regional scale assessment of habitat selection and home range of the eastern rat snake in pine-dominated forests". Forest Ecology...

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

same-sex sexual behavior vary across species. Theories include mistaken identity (especially for arthropods), sexually antagonistic selection, balancing...

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

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...

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

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

This list of largest reptiles takes into consideration both body length and mass of large reptile species, including average ranges and maximum records...

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...

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...

"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...

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

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