Ten years after a major volcanic eruption and two hurricanes 11members of an undescribed type of lizard are found on an island.They have large numerous toepads similar to tree lizards, but thedark brown coloration of ground lizards. It is safe toconclude:
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Volcanism released some materials that induces mutations andthis is an example of accelerated speciation.
Whoa, it's too early to jump to any conclusions. Any of theabove are theoretically possible, or it could be a species that wasthere all along and we are just now finding it. Controlledobservations and gene sequencing are needed to place theseindividuals properly.
That this is an interspecies hybrid formed from two lizardsforced to share a the same habitat from extreme ecologicalpressures.
The hurricane likely blew some lizards in from anotherisland.