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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Gemma Carder, Neil D'Cruze

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle

2019


Lizards perceived abiotic and biotic stressors independently when competing for shade in terrestrial mesocosms

Authors: Travis W. Rusch, Michael W. Sears, Michael J. Angilletta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, movement, resources, testosterone, thermal stress, thermoregulation

2018


The effects of acute exposure to mining machinery noise on the behaviour of eastern blue-tongued lizards (Tiliqua scincoides)

Authors: K. F. Mancera, P. J. Murray, A. Lisle, C. Dupont, F. Faucheux, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, anthropogenic noise, eastern blue-tongued lizard, lateralisation, mining noise, sound mimicking

2017


Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

Authors: Amanda J. Caldwell, Geoffrey M. While, Erik Wapstra

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation

2017


Rapid body color brightening is associated with exposure to a stressor in an Anolis lizard

Authors: Jane FF Boyer, Lindsey Swierk

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Anolis (Norops) aquaticus, cryptic, metachrosis, physiological color change, stress, water anole

2017


Does enrichment improve reptile welfare? Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) respond to five types of environmental enrichment

Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Mallory D. Gibson, Devan M. Schowe, Abigail S. Kucher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, exploration, gentle handling, lizard, squamata, welfare

2016


The Emergence and Behavioral Stability of Social Status in Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis) Dyads

Authors: W. J. Farrell, D. T. Nair, B. M. Miller, A. M. Zigler

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: aggression, agonistic, anolis carolinensis, dominant, green anole, social status, subordinate

2016


Is behavioural enrichment always a success? Comparing food presentation strategies in an insectivorous lizard (Plica plica)

Authors: Inez Sukuna Januszczak, Zoe Bryant, Benjamin Tapley, Iri Gill, Luke Harding, Christopher John Michaels

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, behaviour, enrichment, lizards, plica plica, reptiles

2016


The diet of free-roaming Australian Central Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps)

Authors: D. G. A. B. Oonincx, J. P. van Leeuwen, W. H. Hendriks, A. F. B. van der Poel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agamid, australia, lizard, stomach content

2015


Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards, Chamaeleo calyptratus

Authors: Cissy Ballen, Richard Shine, Mats Olsson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: colour, lizard, ontogeny of social behaviour, social flexibility, social isolation

2014


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