According to a new study published in the Nature journal the sex of snow skink lizards is influenced by altitudes and climate, indicating the species' ability to adapt to climate. An international team, led by Dr Erik Wapstra and Dr Geoff While of the University of Tasmania, studied the snow skink (Niveoscincus ocellatus), a small lizard commonly found in Tasmania.
The most interesting fact about these skinks is that the populations have different sex-determining mechanisms at different altitudes, and therefore different climates.
More about the study on snow skink lizards.
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