Tiliqua rugosa
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Media
Elizabeth Preston from Discovermagazine.com wrote a great article about our paper on mate familiarity effects in the long-term monogamous sleepy lizard. “Lizards in Long-Term Relationships Can Skip the Foreplay“ Great article. My favourite line “While the new couples are still engaged in preliminaries, … Continue reading
Long-term monogamy in a lizard
“Hot off the press” Australian sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) are monogamous and form very strong pair bonds with their partner. In our latest study we investigated why sleepy lizards form those strong bonds, instead of mating with different partners every year. … Continue reading
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Tagged lizard, monogamy, pair bond, Sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa
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Outreach
The Australian Geographic Society writes about on their blog. Some more details about the project: Long term monogamy in the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa. Males and females usually have different reproductive interests resulting in sexual conflict. Hence, monogamy, the mating … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Outreach
Tagged Ecology, Evolution, mating system, social behaviour, Tiliqua rugosa
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Field notes It is time for some belated field notes, since I am already back in the lab. I had a very busy and exciting field season, working on several aspects of the social behaviour of the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua … Continue reading
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Tagged Field work, lizards, social behaviour, social networks, Tiliqua rugosa
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Stephan T. Leu 