Descrição do processo de muda em Enyalius perditus Jackson (Reptilia, Sauria, Polychrotidae)

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa,Bernadete Maria de
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Outros Autores: Cruz,Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da, Carvalho,Rose Marie Hoffmann de, Silva,Maria Nei da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752000000100019
• topic: Reptilia; Sauria; Enyalius perditus; shedding skin

A specimen of Enyalius perditus Jackson, 1978 collected in a pitfall trap installed at the Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Municipality of Lima Duarte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 19 March 1997, showed a transversal rupture of the skin, on dorsum of posterior region of the head, just joining the ear openings. In captivity, the continuance of the shedding scain spent approxima-tely one hour and forty minutes. The pieces of skin were removed in the sequence: head, venter, arms and flanks, legs, tail, and finally the tip of the fingers. The removed skin was eaten at the end of each stage.