Sunday, April 24, 2011
Introduction:
Eublepharis macularius is the leopard gecko, a chemosensory specialized lizard. Leopard geckos in captivity will chose only one corner of their enclosure to defecate in. It is uncommon for many species of lizard to do this, but can be found as a trait in other geckos. In this experiment, these locations of fecal deposition are referred to as defecation stations. This defecation can mark the presence and territories of male and female animals (Carpenter and Duvall 1995). For some reason all of the individual geckos in one container will use the same corner as everyone else. My hypothesis that the location of defecation corners is based on scent and pheromones, because they mark territories. I set up different containers to try to distinguish these territories and see if the defecation station added a chemosensory cue.
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