Testosterone does not make big fighters – at least in chameleons?

[kinyonga]

"Males do not need masculinization by male sex hormones from testicles to grow big and get a large head casque"...

https://www.natur.cuni.cz/eng/aktua...make-big-fighters-2013-at-least-in-chameleons

One more bit of info...
"Chameleons that brightened rapidly had lower testosterone, and those that brightened earlier had stronger bites"...
https://www.researchgate.net/figure...rone-and-those-that-brightened_fig4_328073580

 

[jamest0o0]

This is pretty interesting. For the first article, it doesn’t seem that shocking. I’d think growth hormone would play more of a role than testosterone. Even with people there are many guys with high natural testosterone levels with very small frames and visa versa.

I skimmed through the second, so is it saying the lower test chams had stronger bites, the ones that brightened up the fastest?