Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms in Anurans

Table 1

Major categories and subcategories of colors used as defensive strategies in post-metamorphic anurans.

Major	2nd major	3rd major	Subcategories
		Eucrypsis	Visible color spectrum mimesis
	Camouflage		Nonvisible color spectrum mimesis
		Mimesis	Cryptic mimesis
			Phaneric mimesis
Mimicry		Concrete homotypy	Batesian mimicry^*
	Homotypy		Browerian mimicry^*
		Abstract homotypy	Definable model
			Model not definable^*
	Nondeceitful homotypy		Müllerian mimicry^*
			Arithmetic mimicry
Deceptive coloration			Behavioral display of colors^*
			Polymorphism^*
			Polyphenism
Aposematism^*

^∗Indication for where aposematic coloration may or must be present.