Phymaturus extrilidus. Copulation behavior

Abstract

Phymaturus extrilidus is a medium sized (SVL ca. 104 mm), saxicolous, herbivorous lizard that lives at elevations above 3000 m in the Puna region of the Sierra de la Invernada, San Juan, Argentina (Lobo et al. 2012. Copeia 1:12–22; Gómez Alés et al. 2017. J. Therm. Biol. 68:73–82). The species is viviparous and the reproductive cycle has been described for males and females (Pizarro et al. 2022. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 94:14–23), but mating behaviors and its time of occurrence is poorly understood; here we report the mating behavior of P. extrilidus.