Why does the yellow-eyed ensatina have yellow eyes? Batesian mimicry of Pacific newts (genus Taricha) by the salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 984-990

  Kuchta, Shawn R ^a,c   Krakauer, Alan H ^b,d   Sinervo, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Ensatina eschscholtzii; M llerian mimicry; Predation; Quasi Batesian mimicry; Ring species; Taricha; Western Scrub Jay

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EYE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIMICRY; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; POLYMORPHISM; SUBSPECIES;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; URODELA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; CORVIDAE; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII XANTHOPTICA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TARICHA; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 41749114502     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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