Fig. 4

Micro-Eukaryotes in the feces of Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann found at 2600 m, 3100 m, and 4150 m as determined by 18S rRNA gene barcode. Heat-map of the relative abundance of the most abundant taxonomic groups (a), non-metric dimensional analysis (MDS) of the weighted UniFrac distances of the three populations (b), and prevalence of protist pathogens in the different populations (c). Kruskal-Wallis test (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001) was used to determine the effect of altitude on the relative abundance of the different micro-eukaryotic groups and perMANOVA to find differences in eukaryotic communities of the three populations