Scientists Surprised by Geckos Lighting Up Desert Nights With Neon-Green Sides
MINDY WEISBERGER, LIVE SCIENCE 15 JANUARY 2021 A desert gecko from Namibia has brilliant glow-in-the-dark markings that shine neon green by the light of the moon. The mechanism that produces its glow has never been seen before in land animals with backbones. Web-footed geckos ( Pachydactylus rangei) have translucent skin with large, yellowish markings: stripes on their sides and rings surrounding their eyes. But those markings light up brightly when they absorb the moons bluer light. Flu...
United States Mark Scherz University Of Michigan Museum Zoology Adaptive Genomics Group At Universit Animal Diversity Web Adaptive Genomics Group
Source: sciencealert.com