Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms
in Anurans
Figure 1
Different
situations of cryptic mimicry in anurans: (a) Dendropsophus
acreanus (Hylidae) on a tree trunk, (b) Bokermannohyla
alvarengai (Hylidae) on a rock with lichens,
(c) Ischnocnema guentheri (Brachycephalidae) on litter, (d) green morph
of Hypsiboas prasinus (Hylidae)
perched on a leaf, ((e)-(f), resp.) dorsal and lateral views of Theloderma horridum (Rhacophoridae) on a tree, (g) Lankanectes corrugatus (Nyctibatrachidae) in a lotic
water body, (h) Hylodes asper (Hylodidae) on a wet rock, (i) Proceratophrys
boiei (Cycloramphidae) on litter, (j) Scythrophrys
sawayae (Leptodactylidae) on a dead leaf, (k) an adult male of Dendropsophus nanus (Hylidae) of
practically the same size and shape as the leaves and (l) its reproductive site.