Are the species of lizard that are more similar to one another according to body type also more closely related based on the results obtained in this module?

Name ____Oyinda Adeyemo_______Date ___03/07/2021____

LAB EXERCISE 5:

Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab

Answer the following questions as you finish each module of the virtual lab:

MODULE 1: Ecomorphs

1. At the beginning of the virtual lab, you were asked to sort eight lizards into categories.

What criteria did you initially use to make your groups?

I based my criteria on the colors of the lizards.

2.Did you revise your criteria later? Why?

I revised my criteria later. I ended up choosing the size of the lizard’s legs. I chose this

criteria because each lizard have evolved their legs/ limbs based on their habitat.

3.An adaptation is a structure or function that is common in a population because it

enhances the ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. Provide one

example and an explanation of an adaptation in the Anolis lizard.

One adaptation is the toepads on the A. evermanni Puerto Rico. The toepad allows

the lizard grip on the leafs of trees as it walks on it.

4.Provide one evolutionary explanation for why lizards living in the same part of the

habitat (i.e., the grass) would have similar characteristics.

Lizards in the same habitat have similar characteristics because they either share a

common ancestor or need similar features to survive in the same habitat.

5.What is an ecomorph? Provide one example from the virtual lab.

Do lizards of the same body type tend to be more closely related to one another than to lizards of different body types?

How did lizard species with similar body types evolve on all the islands?

Do species from the same ecomorph group together on the tree provide evidence to support your answer?

Do you predict that lizards from the two populations would still mate and reproduce?