Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... Lizards - Lizards show the same general relation between habits , haunts and habiliment in a striking manner . In the forest , as already mentioned , many species living among twigs and foliage are predominantly green ; and this ...
... Lizards - Lizards show the same general relation between habits , haunts and habiliment in a striking manner . In the forest , as already mentioned , many species living among twigs and foliage are predominantly green ; and this ...
Page 160
... lizards . Different species , belonging to families including Gekkonidæ , Teiidæ , Gerrhosauridæ , Lacertidæ and Scincidæ , have , as is well known , the power of self - mutilation or ' autotomy ' . Owing to their speed and agility , or ...
... lizards . Different species , belonging to families including Gekkonidæ , Teiidæ , Gerrhosauridæ , Lacertidæ and Scincidæ , have , as is well known , the power of self - mutilation or ' autotomy ' . Owing to their speed and agility , or ...
Page 414
... lizards of the genus Anolis ; a few dragonflies , Asilid flies , and Reduviid bugs ; and spiders . Among these the lizards were probably the most important insectivorous animals in the habitat . For his experiments Darlington selected ...
... lizards of the genus Anolis ; a few dragonflies , Asilid flies , and Reduviid bugs ; and spiders . Among these the lizards were probably the most important insectivorous animals in the habitat . For his experiments Darlington selected ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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