“…A second set of wild faecal samples was collected in March 2015 (autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), although here animals were released back into the wild after faecal samples were collected. We also collected six soil samples from the field site, 11 invertebrate samples (ants, spiders, small lepidopterans) and foliage from a number of plant species (three samples for each species of Erodium cicutarium, Cerastium arvense, Phacelia secunda, Acaena magellanica, Mimulus depressus, Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Oenothera affinis, Adesmia pinnifolia, Senecio spp., Bacharis tola), which are consumed by the lizard species (Villavicencio et al 2005;Castro 2013;Castro et al 2013;P erez Mecado 2016). These samples were collected opportunistically in areas where lizards were captured (<20 m from point of capture) using ethanol-sterilized forceps or spatulas, placed in RNAlater and transported to the Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina, and frozen at À20°C.…”