Side-splotched lizards, Uta stansburiana, are a type of lizard found in the southwestern United States. Male lizards come in three
sizes. Each size has a corresponding color and reproductive strategy. The largest, orange-morph lizards maintain large harems
over large territories which are difficult to guard against competitors. Since they are the largest males, they easily win challenges
by smaller males. However since their territories are so large, it is hard for them to be everywhere at once.
The medium sized, blue-morph males defend smaller harems in smaller territories that are easier to guard and protect. They cannot win
against a larger male, but fewer females are easier to keep track of.
Yellow-morphs are the smallest male lizards, and resemble females. They do not maintain territories or harems, however their
resemblance to females allows them to infiltrate the harems of larger males and mate with females while remaining unnoticed.
Under what conditions could we say that speciation had occurred in Uta stansburiana?
