First record of necrophilia in the Baja California spiny lizard, sceloporus zosteromus (phrynosomatidae).

• Autores: Jorge H. Valdez Villavicencio, Anny Peralta García
• Localización: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología, ISSN-e 2594-2158, Vol. 3, Nº. 1, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Diversity and natural history), págs. 116-117
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Necrophilia is a reproductive behavior were a live animal attempts to mate with a dead conspecific. This behaviour has been reported in several lizard species. Here, we report the first case of necrophilia of an adult male Sceloporus zosteromus with a dead conspecific female in northwestern Baja California, Mexico.