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Posted by: Elaphefan at Sun Sep 12 18:52:26 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Elaphefan ]

Hi Terry,

Great post. The blue coloring makes that snake very striking.

I do want to point out that your examples of similar coloring in animals that fill a similar niche are examples of convergent and not parallel evolution since these colorings can be associated with a particular environment or lifestyle. The stripe that you note across the eye area helps to hide the eye and better camouflage the predator from its prey.

In general, you made some very good observations and points in your post.

Rick
Link to paper dealing with Parallel Evolution

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Discovering the Blues.... - Terry Cox, Sun Sep 12 08:28:58 2004

RE: Discovering the Blues.... - Elaphefan, Sun Sep 12 18:52:26 2004

RE: Discovering the Blues.... - Terry Cox, Sun Sep 12 19:49:36 2004

RE: Discovering the Blues.... - Elaphefan, Sun Sep 12 20:49:56 2004

Convergent Evolution - chris_harper2, Sun Sep 12 21:56:58 2004

RE: Convergent Evolution - Terry Cox, Mon Sep 13 06:19:55 2004

RE: Convergent Evolution - rearfang, Mon Sep 13 08:24:39 2004

RE: Convergent Evolution - Terry Cox, Mon Sep 13 16:23:44 2004

RE: Convergent Evolution - Elaphefan, Mon Sep 13 09:03:25 2004

RE: Convergent Evolution - Terry Cox, Mon Sep 13 16:33:45 2004

Convergent evolution in snakes... - chris_harper2, Mon Sep 13 10:10:49 2004

upon further review... - chris_harper2, Mon Sep 13 12:58:29 2004

RE: upon further review... - Terry Cox, Mon Sep 13 16:57:28 2004

Thats what I call... - Conrad, Sun Sep 12 20:11:21 2004

RE: Thats what I call... - Terry Cox, Sun Sep 12 21:08:04 2004

Vietnam... - chris_harper2, Sun Sep 12 21:59:50 2004

RE: Vietnam... - Terry Cox, Mon Sep 13 04:50:54 2004

RE: Discovering... (comment for Terry and Crtoon83) - Matt Campbell, Tue Sep 14 22:53:42 2004

RE: Discovering... (comment for Terry and Crtoon83) - chris_harper2, Wed Sep 15 10:16:25 2004

quick note... - chris_harper2, Thu Sep 16 13:02:34 2004

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