BLOOD-SQUIRT OCCURRENCE IN THE MEXICAN PLATEAU HORNED LIZARD (PHRYNOSOMA ORBICULARE)

Aldo Gómez-Benitez; Wade C. Sherbrooke; Gisela Granados-González; Gabriel Suárez-Varón; Ailed Pérez-Pérez; Ana Esthela López-Moreno; Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-65.1.50

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Aldo Gómez-Benitez,^1,* Wade C. Sherbrooke,² Gisela Granados-González,³ Gabriel Suárez-Varón,¹ Ailed Pérez-Pérez,¹ Ana Esthela López-Moreno,¹ Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos¹

¹Laboratorio de Herpetología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, CP 50000, México (AGB, GSV, APP, AELM, OHG)
²Southwestern Research Station, American Museum of Natural History, Portal, AZ 85632 (WCS)
³Laboratorio de Morfofisiología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, CP 50000, México (GGG)

^*Correspondent: gobeal940814@gmail.com

Abstract

Blood-squirting from ocular sinuses is a unique defensive behavior widespread in horned lizards. During an ecological study in the state of Mexico, Mexico, we captured 24 males and 23 females of Phrynosoma orbiculare, of which three males squirted blood during gentle handling. Two individuals were of juvenile size, suggesting, with data from large adults, that P. orbiculare defensive strategy may be employed throughout life.

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Aldo Gómez-Benitez, Wade C. Sherbrooke, Gisela Granados-González, Gabriel Suárez-Varón, Ailed Pérez-Pérez, Ana Esthela López-Moreno, and Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos "BLOOD-SQUIRT OCCURRENCE IN THE MEXICAN PLATEAU HORNED LIZARD (PHRYNOSOMA ORBICULARE)," The Southwestern Naturalist 65(1), 50-52, (10 May 2021). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-65.1.50

Received: 13 June 2020; Accepted: 21 December 2020; Published: 10 May 2021

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