The side-blotched lizard comes in more than one pattern. Some lizards have bars across their bodies. This pattern makes good camouflage.
Other side-blotched lizards have stripes running down their backs. This pattern confuses predators while the lizard is running, helping it to escape.
The pattern a side-blotched lizard has when it hatches is determined by the environment inside of its egg. This environment depends on the conditions that the mother experienced when she laid the eggs. These conditions may include things like the number of other lizards in the area and the number of predators.

Which of the following explains how this system of patterning is advantageous for side-blotched lizards?

A.
If it suddenly became an advantage to have either stripes or bars, most of the population could adjust in one generation.

B.
The striped lizards are more likely to succeed in some situations, but the barred lizards are more likely to succeed in other situations.

C.
The different stripe patterns allow for variations in side-blotched lizards, which makes the species more likely to survive.

D. all of these