Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... Mexico Tropical Africa Philothamnus P. nitidus Tropical Africa Gastropyxis G. smaragdina Africa Elaphe E. prasina China Opheodrys O. æstivus North America Boiginæ Passerita P. prasina Oxybelis O. fulgidus South - East Asia Central ...
... Mexico Tropical Africa Philothamnus P. nitidus Tropical Africa Gastropyxis G. smaragdina Africa Elaphe E. prasina China Opheodrys O. æstivus North America Boiginæ Passerita P. prasina Oxybelis O. fulgidus South - East Asia Central ...
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... Mexico , in which it was easier to detect the deception by feeling whether the suspected object was hard or soft , than by inspection . As instances he mentions the Mexican C. stictica , the Chilian C. apricaria , and the Brazilian C ...
... Mexico , in which it was easier to detect the deception by feeling whether the suspected object was hard or soft , than by inspection . As instances he mentions the Mexican C. stictica , the Chilian C. apricaria , and the Brazilian C ...
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... Mexico . Proc . Bost . Soc . Nat . Hist . , XVI , pp . 276-94 . ANNANDALE , NELSON . 1897-1901 . Notes on the Habits of Malayan Phasmidæ , and of a Flower - like Beetle Larva . Proc . Roy . Phys . Soc . Edinburgh , XIV , pp . 439-44 . 6 ...
... Mexico . Proc . Bost . Soc . Nat . Hist . , XVI , pp . 276-94 . ANNANDALE , NELSON . 1897-1901 . Notes on the Habits of Malayan Phasmidæ , and of a Flower - like Beetle Larva . Proc . Roy . Phys . Soc . Edinburgh , XIV , pp . 439-44 . 6 ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude autotomy bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments exposed fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey group of animals habits Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic mimicry moths nature nest nidifugous Nightjars nocturnal observed optical Orthoptera phenomena pigment Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various visual warning coloration widely wings yellow Zool