Editing Rock paper scissors (section)

=== Lizard mating strategies ===
{{Main|Common side-blotched lizard#Mating}}
The [[common side-blotched lizard]] (''Uta stansburiana'') exhibits a rock paper scissors pattern in its mating strategies. Of its three throat color types of males, "orange beats blue, blue beats yellow, and yellow beats orange" in competition for females, which is similar to the rules of rock-paper-scissors.<ref>{{cite web | title = The rock-paper-scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies | url = http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/lizardland/male_lizards.overview.html | author = Sinervo, Barry | access-date = 2006-08-20 | date = 2001-02-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190211132220/http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/lizardland/male_lizards.overview.html | archive-date = 2019-02-11 | author-link = Barry Sinervo }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = The Games Lizards Play | url = http://7thavenueproject.com/post/451026680/barry-sinervo-lizards-and-evolution | author = Barry Sinervo on the 7th Avenue Project Radio Show | author-link = Barry Sinervo on the 7th Avenue Project Radio Show | access-date = 2010-03-25 | archive-date = 2011-04-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110424205323/http://7thavenueproject.com/post/451026680/barry-sinervo-lizards-and-evolution | url-status = live }}</ref>