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A key unresolved question is whether the relationship between such sexually dimorphic traits and functional performance also differs between the sexes. This study investigated this question in the mountain dragon (\n                    <jats:italic>Diploderma vela<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), a protected species endemic to the upper Lancang River basin in southwestern China, by quantifying its sexual dimorphism in morphology and coloration and assessing their sex\u2010specific correlations with bite force. A total of 94 individuals were assessed for nine morphological traits, maximum bite force capacity, and body coloration across 15 anatomical regions. After controlling for body size, significant male\u2010biased dimorphism was detected in most morphological traits, whereas abdomen length was female\u2010biased. Coloration also differed between sexes across all measured regions except the abdomen. Crucially, the relationship between morphology and bite force was sex\u2010specific; different suites of traits predicted bite force in males versus females. In contrast, no correlation was found between coloration and bite force in either sex. These divergences reflect the species' flexible phenotypic responses to varying reproductive and ecological pressures. These findings demonstrate that sexual dimorphism extends beyond trait means to encompass sex\u2010specific phenotype\u2010performance relationships, highlighting differential adaptive responses. This work provides a functional framework for understanding trait evolution in\n                    <jats:italic>D. vela<\/jats:italic>\n                    and underscores the need for sex\u2010specific considerations in its conservation.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.73071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,12]],"date-time":"2026-02-12T07:09:52Z","timestamp":1770880192000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sex\u2010Specific Phenotype\u2010Performance Links: Divergent Correlations Between Morphology, Coloration, and Bite Force in the Mountain Dragon (\n                    <i>Diploderma vela<\/i>\n                    )"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-1461-6328","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Songwen","family":"Tan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University  Yibin China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ling","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University  Yibin China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences  Kunming China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences  Kunming China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guocheng","family":"Shu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University  Yibin China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5585-292X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peng","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University  Yibin China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2752-4085","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yayong","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering Yibin University  Yibin China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences  Kunming China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","first-page":"755","article-title":"Characterisation of Sexual Dimorphism and Male Colour Morphs of Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) in Three Populations From Northeast of Brazil","volume":"11","author":"Andre C. 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