metachrosis
Britishnoun
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Origin of metachrosis
C19: from meta- + Greek khrōs colour
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Metachrosis, met-a-krō′sis, n. colour-change, as of a chameleon.
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The coloration in life is highly variable; much of the apparent variation is due to metachrosis, for individuals of Smilisca baudini are capable of undergoing drastic and rapid change in coloration.
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The coloration in the living frogs is highly variable due to extreme metachrosis.
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The most striking examples of metachrosis in Smilisca are found in the baudini group, in which the dorsal ground-color changes from green to tan; correlated with the change in ground-color may be a corresponding change in the dorsal markings, but the dorsal markings may change to the opposite color.
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The degree of metachrosis is moderate.
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