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C A Rangel-Patiño¹, C A Mastachi-Loza², J M Carmen-Cristóbal³

¹Tecnológico Nacional de México, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Huixquilucan, División de Biología, Laboratorio de Ecología y Conducta en Reptiles, México; Instituto Interamericano de Tecnología y Ciencias del Agua, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico.

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Bolder lizards learn faster when foraging for food. This study in Aspidoscelis costatus costatus suggests personality traits like boldness influence learning and foraging efficiency in reptiles.

Keywords:

Cognition Food search Reptile Risk-taking Sex

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Ethology
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Herpetology

Background:

Foraging is energetically costly, and learning can mitigate these costs.
Personality traits, such as risk-taking (boldness), are linked to learning rates and performance in different environments.
These associations may extend to foraging strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between learning and boldness in the active foraging lizard, Aspidoscelis costatus costatus.
To determine if personality influences foraging-related learning in reptiles.

Main Methods:

Assessed learning abilities and boldness in Aspidoscelis costatus costatus.
Compared learning rates and boldness between sexes.
Observed responses to novel objects.

Main Results:

Males and females exhibited similar learning capabilities.
Bolder individuals demonstrated faster learning in locating and consuming food.
Females displayed greater boldness than males when encountering novel objects.

Conclusions:

The study confirms an association between boldness and faster learning in a reptile species.
Active foragers like Aspidoscelis costatus costatus may benefit from boldness and enhanced learning for efficient prey detection.
These traits likely reduce the energetic costs of extensive prey searching.