Examine the photographs of 16 species of anole lizards and sort them into as many groups as you want according to how they appea
r in the photographs. Explain how you grouped the lizards and your rationale for the various groupings. If you picked a body feature, speculate about the advantages or disadvantages of such a body feature in the environment that species occupies.
We grouped the lizards into various groups on the basis of similarities and differences in the body structure, appearance and colour etc. The legs of anole lizards are small legs with pads on their feet for gripping surfaces which give them the advantage to climb up the trees while on the other hand, these small legs can't help in the survival on the land because they can't run too fast from their predators with these short legs so these legs has benefit in climbing the tree but disadvantage in running on the land.
<h2>Have a common understanding in the classification of organisms</h2>
Explanation:
Taxonomy plays an important role in the classification of organisms to study the organisms on the basis of their properties.
Taxonomy is a branch of biological science that explains the identification, characterization, naming and classification of the organisms thus it is helpful to understand the different types of organisms that are present in the biosphere.
Taxonomy makes the scientist come on one point about the unknown organisms according to morphology, anatomy, physiology and some other properties of the organisms.
Thus a common understanding is generated among scientists of the world.
