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and fought. The lizard that lost the battle 

 scampered off turning to a dull yellow, while the 

 victor strutted away bright green. When the 

 excitement was over and he had settled down to 



Fig. 56. The brown ground lizard 



catch flies once more, he turned to his everyday 

 dull brown. 



There is another lizard trick as good or better 

 for protection than the Anolis' changing color or 

 playing dead. I tried to catch a lizard, but my 

 hand closed only on its tail. For an instant the 

 whole lizard was there. Then a squirm and a 

 twist and the lizard ran away, leaving his tail in 



