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In external appearance the krait and the lycodon are indistinguishable. This is an example of:

  1. mimicry

  2. imitation

  3. imprinting

  4. mimesis
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Explanation

When two different species resemble each other in external appearance, it's called mimicry. Kraits (venomous snakes) and Lycodon (non-venomous snakes) look very similar, which is an example of Batesian mimicry where a harmless species mimics a harmful one for protection.

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