Q2 - Arabian Lizard Diversity
The Arabian Peninsula is one of the world’s hotspots of lizard diversity. Lizards occupy a wide variety of habitats and are therefore very diverse in appearance.
True or False?
Q2.1. Assuming the pictures were taken in daylight, lizards 3 and 6 are nocturnal lizards.
Q2.2. Lizard 1 could be adapted to live in limestone caves.
Q2.3. Lizards 7 and 8 are both ground-dwelling predators.
Q2.4. Compared to other lizards in the pictures, lizards 2 and 5 display a morphological characteristic typical of animals adapted to living in colder areas.
Q2.5. Lizards 3 and 8 are fully homeothermic.
Q2.6. Lizards 5 and 6 have the necessary adaptations for burrowing.
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