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====Camouflage==== Lizards exploit a variety of different [[camouflage methods]]. Many lizards are [[disruptively patterned]]. In some species, such as [[Aegean wall lizard]]s, individuals vary in colour, and select rocks which best match their own colour to minimise the risk of being detected by predators.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Marshall, Kate |author2=Philpot, Kate E. |author3=Stevens, Martin |title=Microhabitat choice in island lizards enhances camouflage against avian predators |journal=Scientific Reports |date=25 January 2016 |volume=6 |page=19815 |doi=10.1038/srep19815|pmid=26804463 |pmc=4726299 |bibcode=2016NatSR...619815M }}</ref> The [[Moorish gecko]] is able to [[adaptive camouflage|change colour]] for camouflage: when a light-coloured gecko is placed on a dark surface, it darkens within an hour to match the environment.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Yong |first1=Ed |title=Lizard 'Sees' With Its Skin For Automatic Camouflage |url=http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/16/lizard-sees-with-its-skin-for-automatic-camouflage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719043136/http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/16/lizard-sees-with-its-skin-for-automatic-camouflage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |magazine=National Geographic |date=16 July 2014}}</ref> The [[chameleon]]s in general use their ability to change their coloration for signalling rather than camouflage, but some species such as [[Smith's dwarf chameleon]] do use active colour change for camouflage purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stuart-Fox |first1=Devi |last2=Moussalli |first2=Adnan |last3=Whiting |first3=Martin J. |title=Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons |journal=Biology Letters |date=23 August 2008 |volume=4 |issue=4 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173 |pmid=18492645 |pages=326β329|pmc=2610148 }}</ref> The [[flat-tail horned lizard]]'s body is coloured like its desert background, and is [[Camouflage#Eliminating shadow|flattened and fringed]] with white scales to minimise its shadow.<ref name="Sherbrooke">{{cite book | title=Introduction to horned lizards of North America | publisher=University of California Press | author=Sherbrooke, WC | year=2003 | pages=117β118 | isbn=978-0-520-22825-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXlLdu3956gC&pg=PA118}}</ref>{{Clear}}
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