Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page xxxii
... GROWING TWIGS , SHOWING CRYPTIC RESTING ATTITUDE : 1 , OF THE GRASSHOPPER ZABROCHILUS AUSTRALIS ; AND 2 , OF THE STICK - INSECT PARASOSIBIA PARVA 335 70 ANTENNARIUS MARMORATUS 340 71 PTEROPHRYNE TUMIDA 340 72 SEA DRAGON ( PHYLLOPTERYX ...
... GROWING TWIGS , SHOWING CRYPTIC RESTING ATTITUDE : 1 , OF THE GRASSHOPPER ZABROCHILUS AUSTRALIS ; AND 2 , OF THE STICK - INSECT PARASOSIBIA PARVA 335 70 ANTENNARIUS MARMORATUS 340 71 PTEROPHRYNE TUMIDA 340 72 SEA DRAGON ( PHYLLOPTERYX ...
Page 160
... growing or regenerated tails , quantitative data can be obtained showing the selective value of autotomy . Every one who has collected lizards in the tropics knows how abundant such individuals are ; and the evidence is confirmed by the ...
... growing or regenerated tails , quantitative data can be obtained showing the selective value of autotomy . Every one who has collected lizards in the tropics knows how abundant such individuals are ; and the evidence is confirmed by the ...
Page 334
... Growing Twigs - More frequently the similarity is to a twig growing out from its parent branch rather than to one that has be- come detached ; and it is a singular fact that this special type of deceptive re- semblance has been ...
... Growing Twigs - More frequently the similarity is to a twig growing out from its parent branch rather than to one that has be- come detached ; and it is a singular fact that this special type of deceptive re- semblance has been ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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