Demonstrates cryptic morphs in lizards, highlighting biases in colour studies.
white-orange, and yellow-orange mosaic morphs. Our results demonstrate that the two types of white are also found in other Podarcis species as well as in other lacertids, revealing that this phenomenon is not a derived character restricted to Podarcis. The existence of cryptic morphs highlights the impact of relying on anthropomorphic descriptions in studies of colour polymorphisms.
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