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ArticleNature communications2025

Habitat openness and squamate color evolution over deep time.

Jonathan Goldenberg, Karen Bisschop, Joshua W Lambert, Michaël P J Nicolaï, Rampal S Etienne, Liliana D'Alba, Matthew D Shawkey

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7 authors.

Jonathan GoldenbergDivision of Biodiversity and Evolution, Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. jonathan.goldenberg@ugent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8832-6544
Karen BisschopTerrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7083-2636
Joshua W LambertGroningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-3046
Michaël P J NicolaïEvolution and Optics of Nanostructures group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9570-0311
Rampal S EtienneGroningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-7612
Liliana D'AlbaEvolution and Optics of Nanostructures group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2478-3455
Matthew D ShawkeyEvolution and Optics of Nanostructures group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5131-8209

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the ecological roles of colored integument have been extensively studied, what regulates global patterns of color variation remains poorly understood. Here, using a global dataset of 1249 squamates, we evaluate whether and how six key eco-environmental variables and their interactions shaped the evolutionary history of their coloration. We show that only habitat openness consistently associates with brightness evolution, with brighter integuments favored in open habitats, possibly for enhanced heat reflection. Furthermore, brightness evolution rates likely track δ

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