Several species of Caribbean Anoline lizards have evolved from a single ancestral species.The species occupies a wide variety of ecological niches,such as tree trunks and the ground,or tree trunks only,or tree trunks and the crown of trees,etc.This type of allopatric speciation is called
A)adaptive radiation.
B)alloploidy.
C)autoploidy.
D)hybridization.

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Adaptive radiation is the process by which organisms diversify rapidly into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, creates new challenges, or opens new environmental niches. In this case, the Caribbean Anoline lizards evolved to occupy different ecological niches, which is characteristic of adaptive radiation.

Several Species of Caribbean Anoline Lizards Have Evolved from a Single