side blotched lizard
A small male side-blotched lizard saw me approaching and he started doing pushups when I was 50 feet away. The pushups are meant to discourage other males from entering his territory, which he uses for courting females.
I don't know how he knew I was male.
This male, I think, is a juvenile that is developing the orange throat color that advertises the highest-testosterone, most aggressive of the three male color morphs.
side blotched lizard
A small male side-blotched lizard saw me approaching and he started doing pushups when I was 50 feet away. The pushups are meant to discourage other males from entering his territory, which he uses for courting females.
I don't know how he knew I was male.
This male, I think, is a juvenile that is developing the orange throat color that advertises the highest-testosterone, most aggressive of the three male color morphs.