Habitat light, colour variation, and ultraviolet reflectance in the Grand Cayman anole, Anolis conspersus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-320

  Macedonia, Joseph M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis lizards; Colour evolution; Colour segment classification; Dewlap; Habitat light; Principal components analysis; Ultraviolet; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; LIZARD;

JAMAICA;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CONSPERSUS; ANOLIS GRAHAMI; MYA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034896447     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0545     Document Type: Article

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