http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/89 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 13:02:48 GMT 2026-11-07T13:02:48Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6220 Articulo Cuadernos de Herpetología; vol. 6, no. 5 The black tegu lizard, Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus 1758) is a common element in the wild all throughout Southamerica except for Chile. This teiid lizard was outstood by earlier travellers such as Sir Charles Waterton who reported for the first time about the delicate food, resembling chicken flesh and frequently consumed by local natives. Despite its relative abundance and both the intense economical and social importance of tegus, as well as its situation in the food web, the reproductive biology of tegus was, until recently, largely unknown. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6220 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The black tegu lizard, Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus 1758) is a common element in the wild all throughout Southamerica except for Chile. This teiid lizard was outstood by earlier travellers such as Sir Charles Waterton who reported for the first time about the delicate food, resembling chicken flesh and frequently consumed by local natives. Despite its relative abundance and both the intense economical and social importance of tegus, as well as its situation in the food web, the reproductive biology of tegus was, until recently, largely unknown. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6219 Articulo Internal temperatures and frecuencies of moulting in Tupinambis teguixin offspring under controlled conditions Cuadernos de Herpetología; vol. 6, no. 4 Internal or cloacal temperatures (CT) in tegu offspring were studied in an environmental chamber and the were higher than ground temperatures (GT) when these were low, except for a GT of 26.5ºC for which CT was similar. The increase in GTs means an increase in CTs up to 37.21ºC for which the difference between CT and GT were the greatest. The increase of GT above 31.5ºC was related with a decrease in CT: Inmatures CT behaved in a similar way. At 40ºC in GT, animals could not regulate their CT and died. Data depicted here show a certain degree of endotermy. Moulting was more frequent in older juveniles than in younger with a greater range of values for the last ones. Tegu moults were incomplete and they feed though moulting. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6219 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Internal or cloacal temperatures (CT) in tegu offspring were studied in an environmental chamber and the were higher than ground temperatures (GT) when these were low, except for a GT of 26.5ºC for which CT was similar. The increase in GTs means an increase in CTs up to 37.21ºC for which the difference between CT and GT were the greatest. The increase of GT above 31.5ºC was related with a decrease in CT: Inmatures CT behaved in a similar way. At 40ºC in GT, animals could not regulate their CT and died. Data depicted here show a certain degree of endotermy. Moulting was more frequent in older juveniles than in younger with a greater range of values for the last ones. Tegu moults were incomplete and they feed though moulting. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6218 Articulo Trophic ecology of Teius oculatus (Sauria: teiidae) in southern Córdoba province Cuadernos de Herpetología; vol. 6, no. 3 The aim of this project was to study the composition and the anual variation of the diet of Teius oculatus in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, during the summers 1988-1989 and 1989-1990. After the analysis of the stomachs diet categories were established as well as frecuency, volume and the number of individuals consumed. The IRI, relative index of importance, was used to study comparative food data. Our results are: 1) there are basic components (ITA, ACR, COL and LAR) and supplementary ones (ISO, ARA, GRI, FOR, HOM, CAR, IVA and OIT), 2) the species is mainly insectivorous and oportunistic, and 3) the diet varies between and during the seasons depending on food disponibility. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6218 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The aim of this project was to study the composition and the anual variation of the diet of Teius oculatus in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina, during the summers 1988-1989 and 1989-1990. After the analysis of the stomachs diet categories were established as well as frecuency, volume and the number of individuals consumed. The IRI, relative index of importance, was used to study comparative food data. Our results are: 1) there are basic components (ITA, ACR, COL and LAR) and supplementary ones (ISO, ARA, GRI, FOR, HOM, CAR, IVA and OIT), 2) the species is mainly insectivorous and oportunistic, and 3) the diet varies between and during the seasons depending on food disponibility. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6217 Articulo Cuadernos de Herpetología; vol. 6, no. 2 Bufo arenarum ovulations have been kept in potassium bibasic arsenate from the fertilization until 26mm larva. The gonad in development, in the presence of the toxic, suffers significant alterations in its volume, shape and structure. It does not have the typical naillike morphology; on the other hand, it is presented as a spherical mass of reduced volume, that has, as demostrated by the histological analysis, very few oocytes or gonia submerged in a very scarce quantity of stroma. The hypothesis of this study was that it would be due to a succession of events whose cause would lie on the damage that the arsenic determine at the somatic layers level. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6217 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Bufo arenarum ovulations have been kept in potassium bibasic arsenate from the fertilization until 26mm larva. The gonad in development, in the presence of the toxic, suffers significant alterations in its volume, shape and structure. It does not have the typical naillike morphology; on the other hand, it is presented as a spherical mass of reduced volume, that has, as demostrated by the histological analysis, very few oocytes or gonia submerged in a very scarce quantity of stroma. The hypothesis of this study was that it would be due to a succession of events whose cause would lie on the damage that the arsenic determine at the somatic layers level. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6216 Articulo Cuadernos de Herpetología; vol. 6, no. 1 Sex differentiation was studied in tadpoles of Pleurodema borellii which lives in different geographic area of Argentina, fixed at various stages of metamorphosis. Gonads are sexually undifferentiated till the larva reach about 20 mm body length stage. Nevertheless sex differentiations occurs before metamorphosis take place, at about 30 mm. body length stage; gonads show macroscopic and microscopic difference at this time. Therefore P. borellii seems to belong to a "differentiated race". Trabajo realizado con el subsidio Pi/D 3129600/88 otorgado por CONICET. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar:80/handle/10915/6216 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Sex differentiation was studied in tadpoles of Pleurodema borellii which lives in different geographic area of Argentina, fixed at various stages of metamorphosis. Gonads are sexually undifferentiated till the larva reach about 20 mm body length stage. Nevertheless sex differentiations occurs before metamorphosis take place, at about 30 mm. body length stage; gonads show macroscopic and microscopic difference at this time. Therefore P. borellii seems to belong to a "differentiated race".