Sentence examples for by their shell patterns from inspiring English sources

"I was able to recognize individual box turtles that used the area by their shell patterns.

Brevicones are restricted by their shell strength to shallow water habitats.

The subspecies can be distinguished by their shells: the eastern has straight-aligned top shell segments; the midland has a large gray mark on the bottom shell; the southern has a red line on the top shell; the western has a red pattern on the bottom shell.

Snails should be picked up gently by their shells.

| African warblers protect their eggs by developing complex shell patterns difficult to imitate for nearby cuckoo finches, who like to hide their eggs in the warblers' nests.

First, they do not fundamentally stand for statements of causality (zebra stripes do not cause, nor are they caused by, shell patterns).

Experimental analyses of hermit crabs and their preferences for shells are essential to understand the intrinsic relationship of the crabs' dependence on shells, and may be useful to explain their shell use pattern in nature.

All three species live in sympatry over large parts of their distribution and are morphologically very similar although L. compressa often can be distinguished by a characteristic shell pattern [ 25].

Later research has managed to create convincing models of patterns as diverse as zebra stripes, giraffe blotches, jaguar spots (medium-dark patches surrounded by dark broken rings) and ladybird shell patterns (different geometrical layouts of spots and stripes, see illustrations).

The grove Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is regularly eaten by the song thrush, and its polymorphic shell patterns have been suggested as evolutionary responses to reduce predation; however, song thrushes may not be the only selective force involved.

Dredgers sweep back and forth, creating clam shell patterns in the sand that are clearly visible by satellite.