Identifying the orientation of the grating then became a matter of deciding whether the splotches looked more ver tical or horizontal.
In the eighteenth century they often found splotches made by drops from a poorly held deckle or bits of petticoat that had not been properly pulped.
However, preliminary data utilizing the mutant mouse splotch, which has neural crest migration defects, suggests that crest cells may not be influencing gene expression in the outflow tract.
Camouflage ranges from bands and stripes to splotches, speckles, and circles, and can change as the creature matures, with juveniles sometimes being brighter than adults.
They are tinted bluish, greyish or brownish and splotched with dark grey-brown, and measure 18 mm x 14 mm.
They can be a reddish- or yellowish-brown to dull white, with darker brown splotches.
The egg shells are of various shades of light or bluish grey with irregular, dark brown spots or greyish-brown splotches.
The eggs are whitish with bold splotches of reddish-brown and are about 6.2x4.5 cm and weigh about 65 g.
