Research shows rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakes

(The University of Hong Kong) Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Toho University have discovered that predation by snakes is pushing lizards to be active at warmer body temperatures on islands where snakes are present, in comparison to islands free from snakes. The findings show that lizard thermal biology is highly dependent on predation pressures and that body temperatures are rising suggest that such ectothermic predator-prey relationships may be changing under climatic warming.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news