Function of a secondary sexual ornament: The crest in the South American
iguanian lizard Microlophus occipitalis (Peters, Tropiduridae).
ovimonsensis, the researchers found it was an offshoot of ancient
iguanian lizards, which today include Old World chameleons, iguanas and anoles in the American tropics, as well as the water-walking basilisk lizards.
"Lacertilians" of Lano include a non-acrodontan
iguanian, i.e.
Considering this, and the fact that
Iguanian lizards, as a group, are typically ambush foragers (Pianka and Vitt 2003), we suggest that Enyalius spp.
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