Spatial distribution pattern of Agamid Lizards (Family: Agamidae) in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract :

Sublethal lower concentration (1/10th of 96 h LC50 value 0.005 ppm kg-1) and sublethal higher concentration (1/3rd of 96 h LC50 value 0.016 ppm kg-1) (T2 ) of endosulfan reduced the gut microbial proliferation of Lampito mauritii upto 15 days of exposure. However on the 30th day of exposure the microbial populations recuperated to near control values. Further, out of the eight bacterial and five fungal species that inhabit the guts of L. mauritii only four bacterial and three fungal species were able to survive in the endosulfan exposure.