3.3 Lizard body size relationship with environmental conditions
across altitude
We found that warmer conditions explained the increased body size of
female lizards at low altitudes (Fig. 4a; Table 3). Further, we found
that drier conditions due to decreased annual precipitation and with
less seasonal variation in precipitation were significantly associated
with decreased female body size of lizards at high altitudes (Fig. 4b &
4c; Table 3). Although there was a trend, body size did not
significantly differ with changes in seasonal temperature along
altitudinal clines (𝝌2 = 3.719, p = 0.053);
although seasonal temperatures experienced by lizards’ populations at
different altitudes were apparent (Fig. 4d).