Digest: Evolution of camouflage patterns in geckos

Hugo Gruson (1)

1 CEFE - Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

Is variation in geckos’ dorsal color patterns linked to specific camouflage strategies? In this article, Allen et al. (2020) investigate correlations at the interspecific level between color patterns and ecological traits, such as habitat or activity time, in 439 species of geckos.

Mots clés: animal patterning; camouflage; compromise camouflage; functional morphology; lizards; animal coloration

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Interactions entre organismes

Hugo Gruson. Digest: Evolution of camouflage patterns in geckos. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2020, 74 (6), pp.1224-1225. ⟨10.1111/evo.13999⟩. ⟨hal-02570373⟩