LIZARD REPRODUCTION: REFRACTORY PERIOD AND RESPONSE TO WARMTH IN UTA STANSBURIANA FEMALES.
Photoperiod does not affect timing of the female reproductive cycle in Uta stansburiana. This lizard is refractory to reproduction until early December. Later, prolonged warmth under laboratory conditions initiates the reproductive cycle in some lizards regardless of photoperiod.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008027:Light; D008116:Lizards; D010507:Periodicity; D010828:Physiology, Comparative; D012098:Reproduction; D012104:Reptiles; D012106:Research
EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; HEAT; LIGHT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES