Data from: A quantitative test of the predicted relationship between countershading and lighting environment.

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Allen, William Laurence

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Endocrinology: androgens Endocrinology: behavioral Evolution: social salamanders Anurans (frogs and toads) Reptile crocodilians lizards snakes turtles

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doi:10.5061/dryad.4291n

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Countershading, a vertical luminance gradient from a dark back to a light belly, is perhaps the most common coloration phenotype in the animal

Data from: Three-dimensional camouflage: exploiting photons to conceal form

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countershading background matching obliterative shading camouflage shape-from-shading

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doi:10.5061/dryad.pt532

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Many animals have a gradation of body color, termed “countershading,” where the areas that are typically exposed to more light are darker. One

Data from: Optimizing countershading camouflage

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Cuthill, Innes

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camouflage defensive coloration animal coloration shape-from-shading shape perception

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doi:10.5061/dryad.rd47f

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rectional illumination creates. However, does this camouflage work in practice? We predicted the optimal countershading for different lighting conditions and teste

Data from: Aquatic prey use countershading camouflage to match the visual background

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Kelley, Jennifer

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Countershading Camouflage Crypsis Animal colouration Colour change

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doi:10.5061/dryad.g669j

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of self-shadows, which may increase prey detectability to visual predators or vice versa. In terrestrial animals, countershading patterning, a luminance