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coloração fundamental castanho avermelhada

English translation: is coloured predominantly a reddish brown

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Portuguese term or phrase:coloração fundamental castanho avermelhada
English translation:is coloured predominantly a reddish brown
Entered by: Nick Taylor

18:57 Sep 15, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Portuguese term or phrase: coloração fundamental castanho avermelhada
A espécie apresenta coloração fundamental castanho avermelhada
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 06:52
is coloured predominantly a reddish brown
Explanation:
is coloured predominantly a reddish brown

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-09-15 19:01:33 GMT)
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or is predomintly a reddish brown colour or is predominantly reddish brown
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Nick Taylor
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2is coloured predominantly a reddish brown
Nick Taylor
5In this species, the basic coat coloration/color is (reddish-)chestnut
Muriel Vasconcellos
4basic reddish-brown (or auburn) coloring
Katarina Peters


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
basic reddish-brown (or auburn) coloring


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 05:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: For animals, the term is 'chestnut'.
2 hrs
  -> OK, thanks, Muriel.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
is coloured predominantly a reddish brown


Explanation:
is coloured predominantly a reddish brown

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-09-15 19:01:33 GMT)
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or is predomintly a reddish brown colour or is predominantly reddish brown

Nick Taylor
Local time: 10:52
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agree  Stephen Kramer
42 mins
  -> thanks Stephen
agree  Marian Vieyra
1 hr
  -> thanks Marian
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: For animals, the term is 'chestnut'.
2 hrs
  -> I think its probably a snake
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
In this species, the basic coat coloration/color is (reddish-)chestnut


Explanation:
'Coloration' is often used in reference to animals. 'Chestnut' is the technical term used for animals, and 'reddish' is probably unnecessary.
Chestnut horses are also called sorrels.
It would help to know what kind of animal your text is referring to, but in the meantime here are some examples for horses:

www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php
The basic coat colors of chestnut, bay, brown and black horses are controlled by the interaction between two genes: Extension .... Skin coloration is also pale. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_coat_color
Genetically, all horses start out as either chestnut, called "red" by geneticists, represented by the absence of the extension gene ("e"); or black based on the presence of the extension gene ("E"). Therefore, red ("ee") and black ("EE" or "Ee") are the two base colors. The Bay color is expressed when the common genetic modifier, the Agouti gene works on the Black. The vast range of all other coat colors are created by additional genes action upon one of these three coat colors. Tovero: spotting pattern that is a mix of tobiano and overo coloration, such as ...

www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-chestnut-horse.htm
Aug 6, 2011 – Some people refer to chestnut horses as sorrels, which is simply another name for the type of coloration commonly called chestnut. ...

www.ultimatehorsesite.com/colors/chestnut.html
Haflingers are a good example of very light chestnuts. The flaxen and mealy coloration is so distinct in the Haflinger breed that these horses are often mistaken ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-09-15 21:21:18 GMT)
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I think "castanho avermelado" is really just plain 'chestnut' in English because "castanho" covers a wider range of brown than 'chestnut' does in English.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-09-15 22:14:43 GMT)
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Is it snakes? It would have helped to know. The answer still applies. Examples:

www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?p=43306\
6 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Feb 4, 2003
Chestnut coloration in Northern Pines. ... I read on a caresheet that sometimes this color does come out as the snake gets older. ...

fw.dpnr.gov.vi/education/.../Reptiles/Snakes/VItreeBoa.htm -
The Virgin Islands Tree Boa is a light brown snake with chestnut blotches edged ... black blotches and their color changes to the adult coloration as they mature. ...

www.buzzle.com/articles/copperhead-snake-bite.html
Aug 20, 2010 – The copperhead snake is named for the coloration on the dorsal side of their head. They are chestnut colored snakes with band on their body ...

(Many examples for copperheads.)

carnivoraforum.com/index.cgi?board=reptiles&action=display... - \1 post - 1 author - Last post: Nov 7, 2010
The corn snake (Elaphe guttata), or red rat snake, is a North .... but gain some color as they mature, to eventually take on a chestnut coloration. ...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:52
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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