Figure 2.

CEWL of desert blunt-nosed leopard lizards (G. sila) captured in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA, USA versus mesic Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) captured throughout the campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA (Weaver et al., 2023). CEWL is compared relative to hydration (plasma osmolality (a) and ambient temperature (b) and VPD (c) at the time of CEWL measurement. Each small point represents a measurement of an individual lizard taken shortly after their capture. Large points represent model-estimated means. 95% confidence intervals were removed because they were obscured by mean points. CEWL, plasma osmolality and temperature and VPD at the time of measurement were all significantly different between species (all comparisons p < 0.0001). Photo of G. sila by Robert Hansen. Photo of S. occidentalis by Jackson Shedd.