Sentences with phrase «for wall lizards»

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Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into.

Resting out in the open on rocks can be a risky business for Aegean wall lizards.

However, it is not entirely a tale of woe for the male Aegean wall lizard.

Anole lizards have a talent for evolution, and it's not confined to the wild — urban - dwellers have evolved new traits to help them climb windows and walls

He says, however, because they are small and easy to keep in captivity — unlike wild mice, which are notoriously difficult to maintain in cages — wall lizards would make a good model species for experiments designed to determine the effects of toxins on mortality, reproduction and growth.

But for Erhard's wall lizard, found across Greece's Cyclades islands, its tendency to jettison the tail — and indeed its tolerance for disturbance — depends on which island it lives on.

Lizards and birds were perched in the nooks and crannies of the limestone walls that rose up around the sinkhole; the cool, blue water, about 280 feet deep, was perfect for diving if you must.