Desert grassland whiptail lizard
The desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) is an all-female species of reptiles. It was formerly placed in the genus Cnemidophorus. A. uniparens have limited social stimuli, having only two basic needs: finding food and avoiding predators. A common predator of the whiptail lizard is the leopard lizard, that prey on A. uniparens by using ambush and stalk haunting tactics. These reptiles reproduce by parthenogenesis. In this process, eggs undergo a chromosome doubling after meiosis and developing into lizards without being fertilized. However, ovulation is enhanced by female-female courtship and "mating" (pseudo-copulation) rituals that resemble the behavior of closely related species that reproduce sexually.
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Desert grassland whiptail lizard
The desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) is an all-female species of reptiles. It was formerly placed in the genus Cnemidophorus. A. uniparens have limited social stimuli, having only two basic needs: finding food and avoiding predators. A common predator of the whiptail lizard is the leopard lizard, that prey on A. uniparens by using ambush and stalk haunting tactics. These reptiles reproduce by parthenogenesis. In this process, eggs undergo a chromosome doubling after meiosis and developing into lizards without being fertilized. However, ovulation is enhanced by female-female courtship and "mating" (pseudo-copulation) rituals that resemble the behavior of closely related species that reproduce sexually.
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Aspidoscelis uniparensFichier: ...... ens de la famille des Teiidae.
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De woestijnrenhagedis (Aspidos ...... midophorus uniparens gebruikt.
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The desert grassland whiptail ...... ecies that reproduce sexually.
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Cnemidophorus uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965)
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Aspidoscelis uniparens
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Aspidoscelis uniparensFichier: ...... ens de la famille des Teiidae.
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De woestijnrenhagedis (Aspidos ...... midophorus uniparens gebruikt.
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The desert grassland whiptail ...... ecies that reproduce sexually.
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Aspidoscelis uniparens
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Desert grassland whiptail lizard
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Woestijnrenhagedis
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Desert Grassland Whiptail
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