%0 Journal Article
%T Seasonal Variation in the Diet of the Fan-throated Lizard, Sitana ponticeriana (Sauria: Agamidae).
%A Arttatrana Pal
%A Mitali Madhusmita
%A Swapnananda Rath
%J Herpetological Conservation and Biology
%D 2007
%I Herpetological Conservation and Biology
%X Insects constituted the largest portion of the total diet. Insects comprised the majority of food items during the rainy andwinter seasons, when this prey was most common. During the summer dry season, plant material was the dominant food type.Gastropod intake increased during the dry months, when availability of insect prey was low. The dietary composition of thesexes did not differ. Prey size was closely associated with body size.
%K agamid
%K climatic factor
%K diet
%K Fan-throated Lizard
%K feeding behavior
%K Sitana ponticeriana
%K stomach content
%U http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_2/Issue_2/Pal_etal_2007.pdf