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Emsleyan mimicry, the Glossary

Index Emsleyan mimicry

Emsleyan mimicry, also called Mertensian mimicry, describes an unusual type of mimicry where a deadly prey mimics a less dangerous species.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alarm signal, Animal, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Aposematism, Batesian mimicry, Coral snake, Erythrolamprus, False coral, Germany, Herpetology, Instinct, Learning, Müllerian mimicry, Micrurus, Milk snake, Millipede, Mimicry, Observational learning, Robert Mertens, Science (journal), Turquoise-browed motmot, Wolfgang Wickler.

  2. Mimicry

Alarm signal

In animal communication, an alarm signal is an antipredator adaptation in the form of signals emitted by social animals in response to danger.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics is an annual scientific journal published by Annual Reviews.

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Aposematism

Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.

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Batesian mimicry

Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. Emsleyan mimicry and Batesian mimicry are mimicry.

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Coral snake

Coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, the Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes.

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Erythrolamprus

Erythrolamprus is a genus of colubrid snakes native to Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

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False coral

False coral may refer to many species of snakes, including.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras).

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Instinct

Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements.

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Learning

Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

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Müllerian mimicry

Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more well-defended species, often foul-tasting and sharing common predators, have come to mimic each other's honest warning signals, to their mutual benefit. Emsleyan mimicry and Müllerian mimicry are mimicry.

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Micrurus

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.

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Milk snake

The milk snake or milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum), is a species of kingsnake; 24 subspecies are currently recognized.

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Millipede

Millipedes (originating from the Latin mille, "thousand", and pes, "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature.

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Mimicry

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species.

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Observational learning

Observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others.

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Robert Mertens

Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (1 December 1894 – 23 August 1975) was a German herpetologist.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Turquoise-browed motmot

The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae.

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Wolfgang Wickler

Wolfgang Wickler (18 November 1931 – 12 January 2024) was a German zoologist, behavioral researcher and author.

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See also

Mimicry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emsleyan_mimicry

Also known as Mertensian mimicry.