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Received: 9 April 2026

Accepted: 11 July 2026

First Online: 22 July 2026

Declarations

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

Ethical approval: Subjects were collected from a breeding colony that had been kept in the lab since 2019. All animals in this experiment were provided humane laboratory housing, thermoregulation opportunities, and light and humidity conditions (see above for details). Lizards in the colony received five to seven crickets per individual three times a week while the subjects in the experiment were fed once per day. All lizards were handled minimally to avoid stress. Experimental procedures and laboratory housing complied with Australian law and were approved by the Australian National University Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee (A2022_33). Upon completion of experimental trials, lizards were kept in their enclosure and will be euthanised following standard humane procedures once they reach the humane endpoint.

Consent to participate: Not apply.

Consent to publication: All authors agree on the publication on the present manuscript.

Data and code accessibility: All data, data description, and R code are available in public repository . Data is also available at Dryad.