Aggression Between Lizard Species Can Shape Communication

08 Feb 2021 under Highlights

Males of two fan-throated lizard species – Sitana laticeps and Sarada darwini – court females and behave aggressively in front of rival males by rapidly flagging their dewlaps, fan-shaped appendages below their throats. In a small grassland patch in Maharashtra, these species overlap with each other. Males of both species look different but females look […]

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