In Sarawak, Malaysia, the live-bearing scincid lizard, Eutropis multifasciata has a prolonged reproductive cycle in which males exhibited year round sperm production and females were reproductively active in all months examined except in September (n=1) and November (n=1). Mean litter size was 3.8±0.84 (1SD, range=3–5, n=5). There was no evidence to suggest females produced consecutive litters in the same year. Other skinks from Malaysia have also been shown to exhibit prolonged reproductive cycles.
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1 February 2013
Reproduction in the Many-Lined Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia
Stephen R. Goldberg
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Current Herpetology
Vol. 32 • No. 1
February 2013
Vol. 32 • No. 1
February 2013
Borneo
embryos
Oviductal eggs
reproductive cycle
spermiogenesis