Index 
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Behavior (cont.) 
fixed action patterns, 8 
foraging 
of blue spiny lizards, 216 
cooperative, 197 
strategies, 183-184, 196-198 
of Varamis komodoensis, 305 
gaping, neurophysiological control of, 53 
grooming, 221 
head bobbing 
of Anolis, 269 
of Anolis aeneus, 273 
of Anolis limifrons, 275 
of Anolis lineatopus neckeri, 274 
of Anolis opalinus, ;273-274 
of Anolis sericens, 274 
head nodding 
of blue spiny lizards, 219 
electrically induced, 135 
in submission display, 155 
of Uma, 263 
hierarchical 
activity profile for dominant male, 216 
of Anolis carolinensis, 170 
color change during, 257 
at feeding sites, 214 
following winter dormancy, 154-155 
nonterritorial, of Anolis agassizi, 270 
as ritualistic behavior, 253 
territorial activity of dominant male, 217 
thermal gradient study of, 178 
homologous, 204, 206, 219 
of hyoidectomized males, 160 
imprinting, 8 
isopraxic, 7 
learning, 173-180, 207, 225-226 
leg circumductions, 254, 262, 263 
nesting, 8, 245-250 
neurophysiological control of, 53, 203 
parental care, 253 
perching 
covert, 217 
postures for, 213, 214 
temperature range for, 212-214 
time spent on, 216, 217 
perseverative, 7 
predation 
active, 58-59, 183-185, 195-196 
neural control of, 53 
sit-and-wait, 58-59, 183-185, 195-196 
prosematic, 4 (see also Behavior, communication) 
pushups 
of Agamidae, 262 
of Anolis, 262 
of Anolis carolinensis, 155, 160 
body profile during, 162 
display action patterns for, 260 
four-legged, 261 
of Iguanidae, 204, 218 
neural control of, 53 
Behavior, pushups (cont.) 
of Sceloporus, 204, 216, 262 
similarity zones (geographical) for, 240 
of Tropidurus, 261 
quantification of, 203 
reenactment, 7 
sleeping, 216, 217, 218 
species-specific, 4 
species-typical, 5, 54 
tail lashing, 220 
taste discrimination, 174 
territorial 
assertive-challenge displays for, 218 
during breeding cycle, 255 
effects of habitat size on, 217 
by females, 255 
of marine iguana, 257, 258, 259 
optic tectum, role in, 53 
photographic monitoring of, 271 
as ritualized behavior, 253, 254, 255 
vomeronasal system, role in, 21 
thermoregulatory 
behavioral aspects of, 211-212 
body profile changes during, 220 
habenular system used for, 9 
learning as, 173-178 
tongue flicking, 197, 334 
neural control of, 135 
tongue touching, 209, 221 
tropistic, 7 
units of, 203-204 
visual- vocal display comparisms, 296, 298-299 
Birds 
cholinesterase, striatal complex, 3 
DVR in 
connections of, 52 
evolution of, 3 
homologs of, 65 
hypertrophy of, 30 
neural development of, 3, 51 
neural pathways in, 38, 39 
striatal complex, 3 
telencephalon in, 48 
Blue spiny lizard. See Sceloporus cyanogenys 
Brain (see also specific structures) 
evolution, 1-3, 65, 67-69, 195-196 
neomammalian, 1, 198 
paleomammalion, 1, 198 
size, 195 
triune, 1 
Brain-body ratios, 51 
Bunch grass lizard. See Sceloporus scalaris 
Caiman (see also Alligator; Crocodiles) 
cerebellar zones in, 54 
DVR projection in, 24, 40 
retinal target nucleus in, 38 
spinal lesion effects on, 24 
thalamic projections in, 24 
Calling rates, 293-296 
