Space variations of the communities of day lizards in Loma de Cunagua, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
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A common problem in our country is to know how the variations of the area and its conditions influence on the distribution and abundance of reptile communities. Loma de Cunagua Fauna Refuge presents two variants of Semideciduos Forest (preserved and secondary). There are 18 species in the area, 14 of them endemic, that include two taxes at subespecific level. There is prevalence of day lizards, but without information on the behavior of their populations. For this study, transects were established in the two forest variants, where a monthly sampling was carried out for one year and the species and their habitat and microhabitat data were annotated. A Pearson correlation was made with the species richness values in each forest variant to know the influence of the habitat in the community. A Correspondence Analysis was used to identify the trends of the community variations. The most represented species were Anolis sagrei and Anolis lucius, but all are dependent on the characteristics of the habitat. There is a positive correlation between species richness and the natural variant, probably related to the complexity of the habitat. To the greater number of strata to be used, greater the number of reptile species. In addition, canopy cover and insolation are essential parameters in the segregation of species.
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Anolis, habitat, segregation, semideciduos forest
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