Figure 4: Phenotypic variation in skin pigmentation of larval newts at week 5 of the experiment. | Scientific Reports

Figure 4: Phenotypic variation in skin pigmentation of larval newts at week 5 of the experiment.

From: Pigmentation plasticity enhances crypsis in larval newts: associated metabolic cost and background choice behaviour

Figure 4

(A) Depigmentation induced by light microhabitat conditions, (B) over-pigmentation induced by dark microhabitat conditions, (C) microhabitat inversion: unpigmented larvae from light conditions are transferred to new dark conditions, and (D) microhabitat inversion: heavily pigmented larvae from dark conditions are transferred to new light conditions.

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