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Movement & Space Use

  • Eifler DA, Sebati N, Eifler MA (2026) Movement in juvenile bushveld lizards (Heliobolus lugubris). African Journal of Ecology 64:e70158. Request PDF — doi:10.1111/aje.70158
  • Utsumi K, Pham A*, Erdenetsetseg B, Eifler M, Eifler D (2025) Demographic differences in behavior, movement, and habitat use in the toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus versicolor) of the Gobi Desert. Diversity 17(9):659. PDF — doi:10.3390/d17090659
  • Eifler DA, Nguluka L*, Baipidi K*, Dittmer D*, Underwood A*, Eifler MA (2025) Movement path characteristics for the Kalahari Desert lizard (Pedioplanis namaquensis). African Journal of Ecology 63(6):e70099. Request PDF — doi:10.1111/aje.70099
  • Orton MM, Eifler MA, Utsumi KL, Laurentino TG, Siddiqui D, Haddock JB, Quock R, Eifler DA (2024) Holbrookia maculata space use in the Salt Basin Dunes of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Herpetological Review 55(1):7–10. Request PDF
  • Tryban ME, Utsumi KL, Olson CNB, Yang JL, Reynolds H, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2024) Sex-based variation in behavior for the little striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornatus). Southwestern Naturalist 68:112–120. Request PDF
  • Utsumi KL, Eifler MA, Muradzikwa TE, Luyanda B, Kanyanga MK, Liu EF, Buchanan CA, Eifler DA (2024) Movement characteristics and habitat use of the short blind dart skink, Typhlacontias brevipes. African Journal of Ecology 62:e13307. Request PDF — doi:10.1111/aje.13307
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA, Orton M, Utsumi KL, Jarray M, Zaidi A, Chammem M (2023) Movement and space use in three sympatric lacertid lizards (Acanthodactylus). African Journal of Ecology 62:e13247. Request PDF
  • McAlpine-Bellis E, Utsumi K, Diamond K, Klein J, Gilbert-Smith S, Garrison G, Eifler M, Eifler D (2023) Movement patterns and habitat use for the sympatric species Gambelia wislizenii and Aspidoscelis tigris. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10422. PDF
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA, Liu EF, Luyanda B, Utsumi KL, Muradzikwa TE, Kanyanga MK, Buchanan CA (2020) Slip slidin' away: intraspecific variation in movement behavior for the dune-dwelling lizard Meroles anchietae. Journal of Arid Environments 183:104286. Request PDF
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA (2019) Movement and habitat use by adult and juvenile toad-headed agama lizards (Phrynocephalus versicolor) in the eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Herpetology Notes 12:717–719. PDF
  • Garrison GE, Zecchini Gebin JC, Penner JF, Jacobson FE, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2017) Intraspecific variation in habitat use and movement in long-nosed leopard lizards, Gambelia wislizenii. Southwestern Naturalist 62:187–192. PDF

Foraging & Diet

  • Eifler DA, Stanley MC, Ward DF, Eifler MA, Orton MM* (2026) The influence of prey distribution on the search strategies for foraging desert grassland whiptails, Aspidoscelis uniparens. Diversity 18(1):15. PDF — doi:10.3390/d18010015
  • Dittmer DE, Eifler DA, Bipidi K*, Sebati N, Eifler MA (2025) Foraging behaviours in excavated microhabitats: a study of Agama aculeata. African Journal of Ecology 63:e70082. Request PDF — doi:10.1111/aje.70082
  • Kusaka C, Utsumi K, Staley C, Pedersen R, Valdivia J, Liu E, Caracalas H, Reynolds H, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2021) Age-dependent search behavior in the Colorado checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselata). Western North American Naturalist 81(4):518–528. PDF
  • Utsumi K, Kusaka C, Pedersen R, Staley C, Dunlap L, Gilbert-Smith S, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2020) Habitat-dependent search behavior in the Colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselata). Western North American Naturalist 80:11–18. PDF
  • Garrison G, Phillips M, Eifler M, Eifler D (2016) Intraspecific variation in opportunistic use of trophic resources by the lizard Ameiva corax. Amphibia-Reptilia 37:331–334. PDF
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA (2014) Social foraging in the lizard Ameiva corax. Behavioral Ecology 25:1347–1352. PDF
  • Eifler DA, Baipidi K, Eifler MA, Dittmer D, Nguluka L (2012) Influence of prey encounter and prey identity on area-restricted searching in the lizard Pedioplanis namaquensis. Journal of Ethology 30:197–200. PDF
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA, Brown TK (2012) Habitat selection by foraging Texas horned lizards, Phrynosoma cornutum. Southwestern Naturalist 57:39–43. PDF
  • Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2011) Ameiva corax, Little Scrub Island ground lizard, feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 42:270–271. PDF

Habitat Use, Activity, & Population Biology

  • Utsumi KL, Chakroun IK, Saidi H, Dahmen MH*, Nasri W*, Alouadi Y, Boubaker HB, Kmira G, Orton MM*, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (in press) Habitat use and morphology of Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactylus boskianus, in central Tunisia. Reptiles and Amphibians. In press
  • Eifler DA, Dittmer DE*, Dick L*, Rowe B*, Johnson JJ*, Stanley DR*, Eifler MA (2025) Differences in habitat use, thermal ecology, and behavior of the semiaquatic lizard Anolis aquaticus. Diversity 17(10):673. PDF — doi:10.3390/d17100673
  • Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2025) Ecological factors associated with burrow system occupancy by great desert skinks (Liopholis kintorei). Diversity 17(2):134. PDF — doi:10.3390/d17020134
  • Buchanan CA, Eifler MA, Kanyanga MK, Utsumi KL, Liu EF, Luyanda B, Muradzikwa TE, Eifler DA (2023) The lizard with kaleidoscope eyes: population characteristics of the Namib web-footed gecko, Pachydactylus rangei. Journal of Arid Environments 214:104985. Request PDF
  • Friestad AC, Orton MM, Eifler DA (2023) Microhabitat use for sympatric introduced Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus, and native five-lined skink, Plestiodon fasciatus. Herpetology Notes 16:5–8. PDF
  • Hedman HD, Chuga SC, Eifler DA, Hanghome GPK, Eifler MA (2021) Microhabitat use of two sympatric geckos, Turner's thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus turneri) and the common Namib day gecko (Rhoptropus afer). Journal of Arid Environments 188:104448. Request PDF
  • Utsumi K, Staley C, Eifler M, Núñez H, Eifler D (2021) Color variation and habitat use in Liolaemus silvai. South American Journal of Herpetology 21:80–84. PDF
  • Eifler MA, Marchand R, Eifler DA, Malela K (2017) Habitat use and activity patterns in the nocturnal gecko, Chondrodactylus turneri. Herpetologica 73:43–47. PDF

Behavior, Sociality, & Networks

  • Zimmerman JD, Eifler MA, Stanley DR*, Walker JM, Eifler DA (2025) Social interactions within and between species by little striped whiptails (Aspidoscelis inornatus). Western Wildlife 12:31–33. Request PDF
  • Diamond KM, Olson C, Utsumi K, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2024) Differences between juveniles and adults in habitat use, sprint performance, and morphology in the desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos. Ichthyology and Herpetology 112(3):347–352. Request PDF — doi:10.1643/h2023042
  • Morales-Méndez IC, Orton MM, Haddock JB, Siles-Cervantes L, Valenzuela-Molina MY, Eifler MA, Ruiz-Gomez ML, Eifler DA (2024) Behavioral assessment reveals social aggregations in Petrosaurus thalassinus. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología e812:19–32. PDF
  • Utsumi K, Staley C, Núñez H, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2022) The social system of the lava lizard, Microlophus atacamensis. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 95:9. PDF
  • Penner JF, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2021) Patterns of visual and ultraviolet reflectance in femoral gland secretions of two desert lizards. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109:705–709. Request PDF
  • Grotbeck VL, Garrison GE, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2019) Characteristics of grouping in the Dominican ground lizard, Pholidoscelis fuscatus. Herpetological Notes 12:273–278. PDF
  • Eifler D, Eifler M, Malela K, Childers J (2016) Social networks in the Little Scrub Island ground lizard (Ameiva corax). Journal of Ethology 34:343–348. PDF
  • Childers JL, Eifler DA (2015) Intraspecific behavioural variation in the lacertid lizard Meroles cuneirostris. African Journal of Herpetology 64:54–66. PDF

Anti-predator Behavior

  • Utsumi KL, Siddiqui D, Haddock JB, Orton MM, Laurentino TG, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2026) Escape tactics used by blanched lesser earless lizards (Holbrookia maculata). Diversity 18(2):80. PDF — doi:10.3390/d18020080
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA, Godoy WB (2025) Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: escape behavior of Microlophus atacamensis. South American Journal of Herpetology 37(1):41–46. Request PDF — doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-20-00061.1
  • Chhoumi O, Eifler MA, Orton MM*, Eifler DA, Selmi S (2024) Multiple vs. single predator effects by the spotted fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus maculatus). Journal of Ethology. PDF — doi:10.1007/s10164-024-00833-5
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA, Garrison GE, Grotbeck VL (2022) Escape angles for solitary animals and groups of the lizard Pholidoscelis fuscatus. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 35(2):125–133. Request PDF
  • Liu EF, Eifler MA, Buchanan CA, Gilbert-Smith S, Eifler DA (2021) Escape by juvenile little striped whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis inornata). Herpetology Notes 14:479–483. PDF
  • Evans JS, Eifler DA, Eifler MA (2017) Sand-diving as an escape tactic in the lizard Meroles anchietae. Journal of Arid Environments 140:1–5. Request PDF
  • Jacobson F, Garrison G, Penner J, Zecchini Gebin J, Eifler M, Eifler D (2016) Escape behaviour in the leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii). Amphibia-Reptilia 37:320–324. PDF
  • Eifler DA, Eifler MA (2014) Escape tactics in the lizard Meroles cuneirostris. Amphibia-Reptilia 35:383–389. PDF
  • Dittmer DE, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2015) Reptiles, rarely seen amphibians and rainfall: the trifecta of optimal herping in the Outback. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 22(3):111–125. PDF
  • Hedman HD, Alvarez HM, Hanghome GPK, Eifler MA, Eifler DA (2014) Reptiles of the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 21(2):73–79. PDF
  • The Lizard Squad (2022) A guide to the Salt Basin Sand Dunes, Guadalupe National Park. Zine produced by Lizard Camp 2022 participants. PDF

ResearchGate Profiles

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