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Doris the lady lizard now appears to be male, stunning scientists We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Doris the lady lizard now appears to be male, stunning scientists Save Normal text size Advertisement A small reptile at Melbourne Aquarium appears to have changed its sex from female to male – a discovery which would be a world first, upending what we know about lizards. In February, aquarium keepers noticed one of their female Boydâ€...

Doris the lizard baffles scientists by changing sex While lizards can change sex before hatching, the Melbourne lizard is believed to be the first adult to do so 17 December 2020 • 8:29pm A female lizard, formerly known as Doris, appears to have become a male, baffling scientists at an aquarium in Melbourne. Doris, whose natural habitat is in Queenslands tropical rainforest, had lived at the aquarium for six years alongside two other Boyd Dragons - one male and the other female. Last year the...