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South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Juvenile lizards consume more centipedes than adults in the wild. Adding centipedes to the diet promoted the growth rate of juveniles and altered gut microbiota dramatically. Preserving food diversity is important for the conservation of crocodile lizards in the wild and in captive populations as well.

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Hongxin Xie, Jing Yang, Guoshuai Tang, Yao Zeng, Shuyi Luo, Baojun Sun, Yonggang Nie, Zhenyu Du, and Wei-Guo Du.

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