Crypsis
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In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be part of a predation strategy or an antipredator adaptation. Methods include cam
Hiding
Revealing itself
A Draco lizard showing camouflage methods including background matching, disruptive coloration, reduction of shadow, and cryptic behavior in Bandipur National Park
Camouflage allows animals like this disruptively-patterned spider to capture prey more easily.
Chameleon
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Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 200 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colours
Crypsis
…change color in changing environments seasonally, as in ermine and snowshoe hare, or far more rapidly with chromatophores in their integuments, as in chameleon and cephalopods such as squid. Countershading, the use of different colors on upper and lower surfaces in graduating tones from a light belly to a…
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Chameleons' eye coordination
Mughal era painting of a chameleon by Ustad Mansur
Skeleton of common chameleon