Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 11
... living among twigs and foliage are predominantly green ; and this coloration bears no particular relation to the animals ' systematic position . It occurs , for instance , in a number of Iguanid genera such as Anolis , Iguana and ...
... living among twigs and foliage are predominantly green ; and this coloration bears no particular relation to the animals ' systematic position . It occurs , for instance , in a number of Iguanid genera such as Anolis , Iguana and ...
Page 99
... living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark- brown or black , with more or less secondary loss of pattern ; others living on rocks are either black , or grey , or brown , like the colour of their surroundings . Secondly ...
... living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark- brown or black , with more or less secondary loss of pattern ; others living on rocks are either black , or grey , or brown , like the colour of their surroundings . Secondly ...
Page 339
... living among the tentacles of a huge blue - spotted species . Like their animated environment , they were spotted and banded with blue , and invisible as long as they kept under shelter ( 2 ) . It is clear that we have here a condition ...
... living among the tentacles of a huge blue - spotted species . Like their animated environment , they were spotted and banded with blue , and invisible as long as they kept under shelter ( 2 ) . It is clear that we have here a condition ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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