Java polymorphism creating a subclass object using its superclass variable

Question

So I am a student and in the process of learning Java. There is one concept that I am having a difficult time grasping and am hoping that someone could shed some light on t

Answer 1

1. This is correct, even though the reference is of type Animal, all method calls will resolve to the definition in Lizard if present, otherwise the version in the next immediate parent will be called and so on.

2. a is just a reference and the actual object is of type Lizard. So, the constructors in Lizard class will be called. They in turn can call the constructors in super classes using super().