Anusha P Bishop, Erin P Westeen, Michael L Yuan, Merly Escalona, Eric Beraut, Colin Fairbairn, Mohan P A Marimuthu, Oanh Nguyen, Noravit Chumchim, Erin Toffelmier, Robert N Fisher, H Bradley Shaffer, Ian J Wang
Spiny lizards (genus Sceloporus) have long served as important systems for studies of behavior, thermal physiology, dietary ecology, vector biology, speciation, and biogeography. The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, is found across most of the major biogeographical regions in the western United States and northern Baja California, Mexico, inhabiting a wide range of habitats, from grassland to chaparral to open woodlands. As small ectotherms, Sceloporus lizards are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and S...
June 19, 2023: Journal of Heredity