Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms
in Anurans
Figure 2
(a) An
aposematic Oophaga lehmanni (Dendrobatidae)
(b) may have disruptive coloration on dark nights or when searched for by a
color-blind predator. (c) An adult and a juvenile Hypsiboas semilineatus (Hylidae), (d) an amplectant pair of Rhinella icterica (Bufonidae), and ((e)-(f))
two morphs of Physalaemus cuvieri (Leiuperidae) are examples
of polyphenism. ((g)-(h)) Flash color exhibited by Hypsiboas
caingua (Hylidae), ((i)-(j)) deimatic
behavior by Eupemphix nattereri (Leiuperidae), and ((k)–(l)) thanatosis
by Melanophryniscus moreirae (Bufonidae).
