Lizards – Animal Behaviour Group

Chasing the Peninsula dragon

One of the projects currently ongoing at the ABG involves studying genetically and morphologically distinct populations of Ctenophorus fionni, the

The Pacific Iguanas (Microlophus occipitalis) are endemic to Ecuador and Peru. They are small sexually dimorphic lizards with remarkable behaviour.

The Peru Pacific Iguana (Microlophus peruvianus) is an endemic lizard from Peru, Ecuador and Chile. They are big lizards with

During the months of May and June, the ABG travelled to the Tibetan Plateau in the Sichuan Province of China,

The ABG recently returned from a combined field trip to New South Wales. The team visited several locations including the

Our Virtual Lens project has attracted media interest with Richard and Snow filmed by Channel Ten. Filming indoors and outdoors

We are pleased to report that Snow’s paper – the Virtual Lens Project method paper – was just published in

The use of movement to communicate is widespread in the animal kingdom, and understanding of the structure and function of

Chameleons are known to spontaneously perform jerky movements when walking. This jaggered walking behaviour has been assumed to be mimicking

The Jacky lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus) responds to greater plant motion noise by extending the duration of introductory tail flicking, which