The “Lizard Woman” exemplifies Toledo’s technical strengths as a master draftsman. In a dense and dynamic composition, figures with abstracted zoomorphic traits engage in activities ranging from erotic pleasure, childbirth, and rearing, to even fishing (despite their piscine appearances). For Toledo, these investigations into cross-species transfiguration are not mere shock or play but serious considerations of human traits and social structures. As noted by Mexican art critic Teresa del Conde, the effect of these mutations is “found in that marvelous chain that links together a vision of the origins, the legends, and everyday perception, not only recreating myths but creating them.”