Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... ( Nicaragua ) , B. ockendeni ( Peru ) and B. typhonius ( Brazil ) ; Hylida - Ceratohyla proboscidea ( Columbia ) , Amphigna- thodon guëntheri ( Ecuador ) , Hyla rosenbergii ( Ecuador ) , H. venulosa ( Brazil ) and Nototrema angustifrons ...
... ( Nicaragua ) , B. ockendeni ( Peru ) and B. typhonius ( Brazil ) ; Hylida - Ceratohyla proboscidea ( Columbia ) , Amphigna- thodon guëntheri ( Ecuador ) , Hyla rosenbergii ( Ecuador ) , H. venulosa ( Brazil ) and Nototrema angustifrons ...
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... Nicaragua whose stomach contents were examined by the same authority contained none of these insects ( 442 ) . Similarly in his investigation of the food of the Carolina Tree- frog ( Hyla cinerea ) , Haber ( 221 ) recovered but a single ...
... Nicaragua whose stomach contents were examined by the same authority contained none of these insects ( 442 ) . Similarly in his investigation of the food of the Carolina Tree- frog ( Hyla cinerea ) , Haber ( 221 ) recovered but a single ...
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... Nicaragua . London , pp . xvi + 403 . BENSON , SETH B. 1932. Three new Rodents from Lava Beds of Southern New Mexico . Univ . Cal . Pub . Zool . , 38 , pp . 335-44 , 2 Pls . 1933. Concealing Coloration among some Desert Rodents of the ...
... Nicaragua . London , pp . xvi + 403 . BENSON , SETH B. 1932. Three new Rodents from Lava Beds of Southern New Mexico . Univ . Cal . Pub . Zool . , 38 , pp . 335-44 , 2 Pls . 1933. Concealing Coloration among some Desert Rodents of the ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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