Figure
1. Log growth rate as a function of log June SVL for male and female
yearling S. undulatus from descriptive mark-recapture studies in
2016 and 2019. Growth rates were higher in 2019 than 2016, females grew
faster than males in both years, and growth rate decreased with
increased SVL.
Figure 2. Snout-vent length of male and female yearlingS. undulatus across the weeks during the 2019 descriptive
mark-recapture study. Growth rate differed between males and females,
resulting in the development of significant sexual size dimorphism by
15-July.
Figure 3. Log mite load as a function of log SVL for male and
female yearling S. undulatus in June (a) and July (b) from
descriptive mark-recapture studies in 2016 and 2019. Mite loads were
higher in 2019, but only in June. Males had higher mite loads than
females, but only in July.
Figure 4. Residual growth rate (mm/day) as a function of
residual mite load from combined 2016 and 2019 descriptive
mark-recapture studies for June (a) and July (b). Growth rates of males
and females were not significantly affected by mite load in either month
of either year.
Figure 5. Body condition as a function of residual mite load
from combined 2016 and 2019 descriptive mark-recapture study for June
(a) and July (b). In June, lizards with higher mite loads tended to have
slightly lower body condition. In July, however, body condition was not
significantly affected by mite load.