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To: mlc9852

Color Pattern Diversity in a Classic "Ring Species,"
the Salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii



E. e. oregonensis
Henk Wallays


E. e. picta

Henk Wallays


E. e. platensis
Adam Summers


E. e. xanthoptica
Shawn Kucht


E. e. croceate
r
Duncan Parks


E. e. eschscholtzii
William Flaxington


E. e. klauberi
William Flaxington


So. are the bottom left and bottom right (E. e. eschscholtzii and E. e. klauberi) the same lizard? They happen to be the 'far ends' of this particular ring that have met together.

137 posted on 01/09/2006 11:10:00 AM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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To: Antonello

THEY ARE STILL LIZARDS!


139 posted on 01/09/2006 11:12:27 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: Antonello
So. are the bottom left and bottom right (E. e. eschscholtzii and E. e. klauberi) the same lizard? They happen to be the 'far ends' of this particular ring that have met together.

Get back to me when one of those lizards gives birth to a polar bear.
</creationism mode>

144 posted on 01/09/2006 11:16:05 AM PST by PatrickHenry (ID is to biology what "Brokeback Mountain" is to western movies.)
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