Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards, chamaeleo calyptratus

kinyonga

Chameleon Queen
“animals reared in isolation were more submissive, and adopted darker and duller colours. Isolation-reared lizards also performed less well in a foraging task. Thus, social isolation early in life can impair the development of squamate reptiles, as it does in mammals and birds.”…
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/237588449.pdf

“It seems that reptiles, like mammals and birds, can benefit from an early environment rich in social interaction.”..
https://www.wired.com/2014/01/lizards-need-social-lives-too/
 
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