The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism

Abstract

Dynamic colour change is widespread in ectothermic animals and enables individuals to accommodate competing selection pressures on colouration (Stuart-Fox & Moussalli, 2009). For example, chameleons are highly cryptic, changing colour to match different backgrounds, but also dynamically show conspicuous colours in response to conspecifics (Stuart-Fox & Moussalli, 2008). Dynamic colour change,