Phenotypic variation in an oviparous montane lizard (Bassiana duperreyi): the effects of thermal and hydric incubation environments

By T. Flatt, R. Shine, P. Borges-Landaez, S. Downes. 2001

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Climate affects embryonic development in a viviparous snake (2004, background): “…during embryogenesis can also profoundly affect phenotypic traits of the offspring, such as body size, scalation, and locomotor performance (Shine and Harlow 1996, Shine et al. 1997, Downes and Shine 1999, Andrews and Mathies 2000, Flatt et al. 2001, Shine and Elphick 2001, Webb et al. 2001).”
Co‐occurrence of multiple, supposedly incompatible modes of sex determination in a lizard population (2002, methodology): “We have also conducted extensive incubation experiments in the laboratory to examine the ways in which nest temperatures and hydric regimes modify the phenotypic traits of hatchlings (Flatt et al. 2001).”
Laboratory and field experiments identify sources of variation in phenotypes and survival of hatchling lizards (2002, result): “Because of the small effect of variation in moisture, this result was not surprising and, in general, little evidence exists to suggest that moisture levels in the incubation substrate translate to significant long-term phenotypic effects on hatchling reptiles (Tracy, 1980; Brooks et al., 1991; Boby”