Animal coloration : an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals (1892)
Beddard Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh · London : S. Sonnenschein · leaf 277
SEXUAL COLOHATION. 257 Among lizards aud snakes sexual differences in coloration exist, though instances of this dimorphism are not plentiful, Lacerta galloti, of which there are at present a number of specimens in the reptile house at the Zoological Gardens, shows a dimorphism in colour, the… … Fig. 29— Bird of Paradise. •sexes : the under side is of a 'crimson tint iu the male, and pale buff in the female. Among snakes the Puff Adder {Vipera arietans) is an instance in point. So different in colour are the two sexes that they might readily be mistaken for two different kinds •of snakes.…
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