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

A
Analogy
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Imitation
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C
Mimicry
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Homology
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Solution

The correct option is B Mimicry
Krait and Lycodon (coral snakes) exhibit batesian mimicry where conspicuous colouration of Lycodon resembles poisonous snake Krait, thereby giving protection to coral snakes against predators.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

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