Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... brown , through reddish - brown and various shades of yellow , to a very pale greyish white . Yet more striking are the changes recorded for Phrynobatrachus plicatus by Ivan T. Sanderson in the Cameroons . One individual , whose head ...
... brown , through reddish - brown and various shades of yellow , to a very pale greyish white . Yet more striking are the changes recorded for Phrynobatrachus plicatus by Ivan T. Sanderson in the Cameroons . One individual , whose head ...
Page 99
... brown mottled with dark - brown and olive ; weed - dwellers , like many Agrionidæ and Lestidæ , are yellow , green or olive marked with dark - brown or olive - green ; larvæ living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark ...
... brown mottled with dark - brown and olive ; weed - dwellers , like many Agrionidæ and Lestidæ , are yellow , green or olive marked with dark - brown or olive - green ; larvæ living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark ...
Page 180
... brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green specimens - 25 on brown and 20 on green plants . Thus , out of 110 specimens , 70 were exposed in surroundings against which ...
... brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green specimens - 25 on brown and 20 on green plants . Thus , out of 110 specimens , 70 were exposed in surroundings against which ...
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