Sex specific habitat use...Deremensis...

[kinyonga]

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&context=etd

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Is this a species whose offspring sex is determined/influenced by incubation temperature?

Just curious, because I didn't see that mentioned as a possibility/factor for the skew, so maybe not.

 

[kinyonga]

Is this a species whose offspring sex is determined/influenced by incubation temperature?

Just curious, because I didn't see that mentioned as a possibility/factor for the skew, so maybe not.

Not that I know of. There haven't been many studies done on that in chameleons that I know of.

 

[kinyonga]

http://herpconbio.org/Volume_6/Issue_3/Patrick_etal_2011.pdf

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

http://herpconbio.org/Volume_6/Issue_3/Patrick_etal_2011.pdf

Context?

We observed 108 chameleons during surveys, representing seven species. Some species were restricted to forest interior while others were only found on forest edges. When comparing age/size and sex ratios of the most valued species for the exotic pet trade, Trioceros deremensis, we found a strong female sex-bias in adults only, and that adult females were larger than adult males. This is in contrast to reports in published literature showing that males are capable
of growing larger than females.
[Ibid.]

That comes out to an average of around 15 of each species. Seems like pretty small samples to me, but IDK.

I didn't read the whole study (though it appears I had already saved it previously, so I may have read it then ).

Rhetorically:

• Is the female weighting due to Nature—or harvesting of the 'more desirable' males?
• Same for the size difference—Nature or harvesting of larger male specimens that might bring more at "market"?

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[kinyonga]

Males are definitely more desirable to sell.
The females are usually larger than the males though.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

I know. I was trying to choose my words carefully. Messed it up anyway.