Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201723, 31572273,31872233, 31801980)
Article History
Received: 20 December 2018
Revised: 18 April 2019
Accepted: 29 April 2019
First Online: 9 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: We obtained the appropriate permissions for conducting the study at the Xiaman Conservation Station in the Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve from the Forestry Department of the Sichuan Provincial Government and the Management Office of the Zoige Nature Reserve. Handing of lizards followed approved protocols from the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (protocol number 2017005). We also adhered to the ABS/ASAB “Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioral research and teaching.”