Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red cone560nm480nm507nm560nm
Double cone560nm440nm463nm560nm
Green cone491nm440nm463nm494nm
Blue cone437nm340nm365nm437nm
Vio/UV cone358nm  366nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Yellow-Cyan
585nm - 534nm - 492nm
 
Red cone Green cone Photopic
Green-Indigo
533nm - 481nm - 437nm
 
Green cone
Red cone
Blue cone Photopic
Blue-UV
446nm - 403nm - 360nm
 
Blue cone Vio/UV cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Loew, E. R., Fleishman, L. J., Foster, R. G., Provencio, I. (2002) Visual pigments and oil droplets in diurnal lizards: a comparative study of Caribbean anoles. Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 927-938.

Fleishman LJ, Yeo AI, Perez CW (2017) Visual acuity and signal color pattern in an Anolis lizard. J Exp Biol 220: 2154-2158. doi:10.1242/jeb.150458

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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