Ornate crevice-dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Diapsida » Lepidosauromorpha » Squamata » Iguania » Agamidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red cone571nm440nm520nm573nm
Double cone571nm408nm571nm
Green cone493nm475nm493nm
Blue cone440nm408nm443nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Yellow-Aqua
581nm - 532nm - 488nm
 
Red cone Green cone Photopic
Green-Indigo
548nm - 488nm - 438nm
 
Green cone
Red cone
Blue cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Barbour H.R., Archer M.A., Hart N.S., Thomas N., Dunlop S.A., Beazley L.D., Shand J. Retinal characteristics of the ornate dragon lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. J. Comp. Neurol. 450(4):334-344

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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