Why Does the Yellow-Eyed Ensatina Have Yellow Eyes? Batesian Mimicry of Pacific Newts (Genus Taricha) by the Salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica

@inproceedings{Kuchta2008WhyDT,
  title={Why Does the Yellow-Eyed Ensatina Have Yellow Eyes? Batesian Mimicry of Pacific Newts (Genus Taricha) by the Salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica},
  author={Shawn R. Kuchta and A. Krakauer and B. Sinervo},
  booktitle={Evolution; international journal of organic evolution},
  year={2008}
}
  • Shawn R. Kuchta, A. Krakauer, B. Sinervo
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    Evolution; international…
     2008
  • Biology, Medicine
    • Abstract Color patterns commonly vary geographically within species, but it is rare that such variation corresponds with divergent antipredator strategies. The polymorphic salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii, however, may represent such a case. In this species, most subspecies are cryptically colored, whereas E. e. xanthoptica, the Yellow eyed ensatina, is hypothesized to be an aposematic mimic of highly toxic Pacific newts (genus Taricha). To test the mimicry hypothesis, we conducted feeding… CONTINUE READING
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