 |
 | |
  | |
|
|
|
|
White Sands National Monument
Table 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Table 2: Probable mechanisms of color change for light-colored species at White Sands National Monument, and the basis on which those mechanisms were determined.
|
Mechanism of color change
|
Species
|
Basis for conclusion
|
Source
|
|
Color fixed in individuals
|
Bleached earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata ruthveni )
|
Individuals held in lab with different-colored substrates do not change color.
|
Bundy, 1955;Lowe and Norris, 1956
|
|
|
Cowles prairie lizard (Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi)
|
Individuals held in lab with different-colored substrates do not change color.
|
Lowe and Norris, 1956
|
|
|
Little striped Whiptail (Cnemidophorus inornatus)
|
Individuals held in lab with different-colored substrates do not change color.
|
Lowe and Norris, 1956
|
|
|
Apache pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens apachii)
|
Dark Individuals of P. intermedius ater from Valley of Fires held in lab with different-colored substrates do not change color.
|
Benson, 1933
|
|
|
Camel cricket (Ammobaenites phrixocnemoides arenicolus)
|
Assertion by author.
|
Stroud, 1950
|
|
|
Camel cricket (Daihinoides hastiferum larvale)
|
Assertion by author.
|
Stroud, 1950
|
|
Color changes rapidly to match substrate
|
Spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii)
|
Individuals in lab do change color.
|
Stroud, 1949
|
|
Color changes at molt to match substrate
|
Locustid (Cibolacris parviceps arida)
|
Assertion by author.
|
Stroud, 1950
|
|
Color derived from environment
|
Lycosid spider
|
White color rubs off easily to reveal brown underneath; color may still be internally derived.
|
Bugbee, 1942
|
Benson SB, 1933. Concealing coloration among some desert rodents of the southwestern United States. Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool. 40:1-70.
Bugbee RE, 1942. Notes on animal occurrence and activity in the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 45:315-321.
Bundy RE, 1955. Color Variation in Two Species of Lizards (Phrynosoma modestum and Holbrookia maculata subspecies) (Ph.D.): University of Wisconsin.
Lowe CH, Norris KS, 1956. A subspecies of the lizard Sceloporus undulatus from the White Sands of New Mexico. Herpetologica 12:125-127.
Stroud CP, 1949. A white spade-foot toad from the New Mexico White Sands. Copeia 1949:232.
Stroud CP, 1950. A survey of the insects of White Sands National Monument, Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. Am. Midl. Nat. 44:659-677.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Did You Know?
Not all sand dunes are alike. Dunes may take many forms, depending on the amount of sand available, the strength and direction of prevailing winds, and the type of vegetation in the area. Four types of dunes can be found in the white sands dune field.
|
|
|
|
Last Updated: September 16, 2007 at 15:05 EST |
