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Shane_OK
at Wed Dec 27 00:03:15 2006 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Shane_OK ]
Thanks for posting those pics! Taiwan must be a very interesting place. Is there a lot of endimism there? On another mimicry note, those porphyracea can look a lot like some Sinomicrurus sp., but I have to wonder how much of it is mimicry, vice a more practical illusionary pattern ( I can't remember that term)........probably some of both, with warning colors being real for Sinomicrurus, and the striped/banded pattern being practical for quick fleeing serpents, as both are. Here's Sinomicrurus japonicus boettgeri, from Okinawa:
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