The genus Sceloporus s known to contain mainly saxicolous and arboreal species; however, they are also known to making use of bodies of water, as they have been recorded to employ this type of environment to perform rare escapes.

Although different mechanisms exist to explain the presence of polymorphism in lizards, one model suggests that multiple morphotypes display the same level of fitness. Three male morphs (grey, yellow and orange) coexist ...