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Sociality in Lizards

Social lizards and the Whitehead Lab

Julia Riley is a Postdoc doing her work on social lizards in the lab. 

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 Julia Riley (Postdoc): My research focuses on studying the social behaviour of reptiles; this includes describing species’ social structure and mating systems for the first time, examining the consequences of a social life for reptiles, and testing if reptiles can socially-learn from one another. My current projects focus on understanding sociality in the Australian Tree Skink (Egernia striolata), African Girdled Lizards, and North American Painted Turtles. Collaborators and myself are seeking to answer questions like: How to reptiles benefit from living in groups or with relatives? What is the nature of reptilian social behaviour? Do reptile social systems hold clues about the evolutionary origins of social behaviour?
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Lizard Photo Gallery

Julia lassoing a tree skink in Australia
Armadillo Lizards in a basking group
Close-up of Peers' Girdled Lizard
Karoo Girdled Lizards
Lang's Crag Lizard at the top of the Drakensberg
Large-sclaed Girdled Lizards
Looking for lizards with the field dog
Peers' Girdled Lizard mother and offspring retreating into a rock crevice
Studying lizards on top of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
Tree Skinks (Egernia striolata) group (photo credit Martin Whiting)
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  • Home
  • About
    • Hal Whitehead
    • Current Lab Members
    • Past Lab Members
  • Research
    • Sperm Whales
    • Northern Bottlenose Whales
    • Long-Finned Pilot Whales
    • Humpback Whales
    • Social Lizards
    • Our Research Vessel: Balaena
  • Publications
  • Media
  • SOCPROG
  • Contact
  • Resources
    • Advice for Potential Graduate Students
    • Dal Grad School
    • Sound library
    • Other researchers
    • Partners