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The best data on young males come from a study of the Mona 

 hibiscus hedge (fig. 9, table 4) where the activity ranges of 7 were 

 studied. These ranged from about 4 to 18 square feet, being about 

 4 to 10 for the smaller individuals and about 10 to 18 for the larger. 



Since even adult male A, lineatopus activity ranges seldom reach 

 150 square feet, they are well below average size for land vertebrates. 

 No birds or mammals are known with home ranges nearly as small 

 as this; however, at least one frog has a home range of about the 

 same size — Scaphiopus holbrooki with an average home range of 

 108.4 square feet (Pearson, 1955). 



Temperate North American iguanids have small home ranges but 

 even the species with the smallest, Uta stansbitriana, with an average 

 adult male home range of 2600 square feet (Tinkle, et al., 19G2), 

 has a range considerably larger than A. lineatopus. In contrast, 

 two tropical lizards have home ranges that lie between that of Uta 

 stanshuriana and Anolis lineatopus — Basiliscus vittatus, Hirth (1963a), 

 and Agama agama, Harris (1964). It may be generally true that 

 tropical lizards have smaller home ranges than do their relatives in 

 temperate regions. 



Typically A. lineatopus visits all of its principal perches every day, 

 frequently more than once. The frequency of forays that it makes 

 from the principal perches is inversely related to the length of the 



Table 4. — Activity range use in Mona hibiscus hedge (areas in square feet; see 



p. 28 for discussion) 



