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Macedonia, J. M. (2001). Habitat light, colour variation, and ultraviolet reflectance in the grand cayman anole, anolis conspersus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73(3), 299–320. 
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Resource type: Journal Article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2001.tb01365.x
BibTeX citation key: Macedonia2001
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Categories: Englisch = English
Keywords: Echsen = Lizards, Reptilien = Reptiles, Sehvermögen = Visual Perception
Creators: Macedonia
Collection: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Abstract
Data from a diversity of sources are consistent with the hypothesis that the Grand Cayman anole, Anolis conspersus, is descended directly from Anolis grahami of Jamaica. Although the two species have remained morphologically similar, coloration in A. conspersus has changed considerably from that of its ancestor. The most dramatic difference is seen in dewlap colour, where A. conspersus has evolved a blue and highly UV-reflective dewlap from the ancestral orange-and-yellow colour state. In addition, variation in normal (non-metachrosis) dorsum coloration in A. grahami populations is limited to shades of green (olive, emerald, teal), whereas in A. conspersus dorsum coloration varies from green to blue and to brown. This increased colour variation occurs despite Grand Cayman being a small, relatively featureless island only 35 km in length. Results of this study suggest that ambient light differences associated with precipitation-related vegetation structure may have played an important role in the evolution of A. conspersus body colour variation. Evidence is presented to show how geological, ecological, and physiological factors could have interacted to select for a short wavelength-reflective dewlap from a long wavelength-reflective precursor following the colonization of Grand Cayman from Jamaica by A. grahami between 2 and 3 Mya.

KEYWORDS
Anolis lizards • visual signals • colour evolution • dewlap • ultraviolet • colour segment classification • principal components analysis • habitat light
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