reproductive cycle. Additionally, there were no preferences towards particular morphological features. In conclusion, males tend to minimize the cost of their courtship by interacting with each female and adapting their courtship behavior to their needs and current condition. Male exploratory behavior Another aspect of female sagebrush lizards that can influence male courtship is the amount of female courtship experience. In the study done by Mayte Ruiz in "Male Sagebrush Lizards Increase Exploratory Behavior Toward Females with More Courtship Experience", they used robotic lizards to present male courtship displays to females, either showing them a low or high quantity of displays. Male lizards were able to distinguish between females who received more courtships in the past and those who did not. Females did not differ in behavioral response because of the display treatments, but the males may detect differences in the females physiological state. The femoral pore secretion is influenced by the lizard's reproductive condition. For this reason, males might engage in exploratory chemical behaviors because of increased signals produced at different physiological stages. Furthermore, males do not alter courtship behavior based on the female's previous display experience. In the case that males need to produce displays to accelerate females’ reproductive states, males would actually be expected to produce their display behaviors toward any females that have not yet gone through the fertilization process. Male sagebrush lizards seem to display more toward females that are not in their gravid state. They also indiscriminately display towards unmated females, which would improve the females’ receptivity. Lastly, they found that females tend to move away from males; however, males actively move towards females, regardless of the treatment they provide. Within many animal species and studies on sagebrush lizards, it has been found that females display their choice through differential avoidance of males. When they actively do not want to be courted by a particular male, they will move away from them to display their disinterest. Egg development In the lab, female sagebrush lizards laid 5 to 6 eggs that were 12 mm long. The eggs are laid in holes dug by the female, generally on a warm sunny slope. The shortest period of post-depositional development is about forty two days. They measured this by taking the number of days between the last date of capture of females with eggs and the first date of appearance of the young. The time when sagebrush lizards lay