Frozen anoles
must evolve cold tolerance…
and flipping quickly!
Evolutionary changes can occur quicker than you might think. A severe cold snap in the winter of 2013-2014 led green anole lizards to develop an increased cold tolerance as measured by a loss of coordination when flipped over. Further investigation of the populations revealed changes at six genomic regions that are known to be important for regulation of function in the cold. Campbell-Staton et al, 2017.
Interested in rapid lizard evolution? Try this sciku by Roy McGhie: A Heady Mixture.
I just had a frozen green anole come back to life when i thawed him out.