Table 2.

Association between lizard dorsal colouration, patterning, microhabitat and basking site colouration. Shown are all statistical models that showed a significant association with the response variable. Abbreviations: Num. = numerator; Den. = denominator; df = degrees of freedom

Model ID	Response variable	Explanatory variable	Test	Num. df	Den. df	t - or F - value	p - value
1	dorsal colouration (H)	body length	GLM	3	249	3.31	< 0.01	**
		parity mode				3.57	< 0.001	***
	dorsal colouration (S)	sex	GLM	5	247	2.90	< 0.01	**
		body length				3.30	< 0.01	**
		parity mode				2.01	< 0.05	*
		body mass				-3.72	< 0.001	***
	dorsal colouration (L)	parity mode	GLM	2	250	-3.34	< 0.001	***
2	dorsal patterning	sex	GLM	3	387	3.05	< 0.01	**
		body length				2.79	< 0.01	**
3	dorsal colouration (H)	dorsal patterning	ANOVA	2	299	3.04	< 0.05	*
	dorsal colouration (L)	dorsal patterning	ANOVA	2	299	6.08	< 0.01	**
4	basking site colouration (H)	habitat colouration (H)	LM	2	155	8.75	< 0.001	***
	basking site colouration (S)	habitat colouration (S)	LM	2	155	11.35	< 0.001	***
	basking site colouration (L)	habitat colouration (L)	LM	2	155	11.51	< 0.001	***
5	dorsal colouration (H)	basking site colouration (H)	LM	2	160	3.01	< 0.01	**
	dorsal colouration (L)	basking site colouration (L)	LM	2	160	-2.14	< 0.05	*
6	dorsal colouration (H)	habitat colouration (H)	LM	2	157	5.29	< 0.001	***