The bride wore orange
Posted in Sightings on May 24th, 2012
Recently at the BFS I spotted a female Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana elegans) with a bright orange throat. “What’s up with that?” I asked, and the answer revealed a fascinating story of color polymorphisms and evolution of reproductive strategies in the Side-blotched Lizard. The bright orange on this lizard is a “nuptial color”, that is, […]