That in itself raises
fundamental biological questions: If asexual females grow faster and bear children much more quickly than sexual females, what's the
purpose of sex, and why is it the dominant method of reproduction in the animal world?
«A phylogeny and taxonomy is
fundamental for all fields of biology that use lizards and snakes, to understand how to classify the species being studied, to interpret
biological patterns in terms of relatedness, and even at a more basic level, to count how many species are in an area, for example, for conservation management
purposes.»