Review Article

Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms in Anurans

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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.
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