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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2018.32.4.373

Preference and Competition for Shelters at Day and Night between Adult and Juvenile Schlegel's Japanese Gecko (Gekko japonicus) in an Indoor Vivarium  

Park, Il-Kook (Dept. of Biology, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Dae-In (Dept. of Biology, Kangwon National University)
Jang, Se-Yoon (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Do-Yeon (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Choi, Woo-Jin (Dept. of Biology, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Jong-Sun (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Koo, Kyo-Soung (Dept. of Biology, Kangwon National University)
Park, Daesik (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.32, no.4, 2018 , pp. 373-380 More about this Journal
Abstract
We examined activities of adult (n=9, 3 females and 6 males) and juvenile (n=4) Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) in an indoor vivarium for 47 days to study the preference and competition for shelters at day and night. The result showed the strong correlation between the temperature inside the shelter and the body temperature of Schlegel's Japanese gecko and more individuals observed outside the shelters at nighttime than daytime. Both adults and juveniles showed a preference for certain shelters. The adults preferred the warmer shelters in the daytime while the juveniles preferred the same shelter in both daytime and nighttime. Both adults and juveniles observed outside the shelter at the nighttime had higher body temperature than those found inside. In the daytime, the body temperature of adults was higher than that of juveniles, but there was no significant difference in the nighttime. The results imply that G. japonicus, which is the nocturnal lizard, prefers the shelters with higher temperature and that there is the competition for shelters between adults and juveniles. This study provides the reference data on the relationships between the body temperature and the activities of G. japonicus.
Keywords
LIZARD; GECKO; TEMPERATURE CONDITION; SHELTER USE;
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