Review Article

Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms in Anurans

Table 2

Occurrence of Batesian and Müllerian mimicry in anurans, and distribution overlap between species.

MimicModelMimetism typeSympatric speciesSource

AromobatidaeDendrobatidae
Allobates zaparoAmeerega bilinguisBatesianYes[14]
Allobates zaparoAmeerega parvulaBatesianYes[14]
BrachycephalidaeDendrobatidae
Pristimantis gaigeaePhyllobates lugubrisBatesianYes[15]
Pristimantis gaigeaePhyllobates aurotaeniaBatesianYes[15]
LeptodactylidaeAromobatidae
Leptodactylus lineatus**Allobates femoralis**BatesianYes[16]
DendrobatidaeDendrobatidae
Ranitomeya imitatorRanitomeya fantasticusMüllerianYes[9]
Ranitomeya imitatorRanitomeya variabilisMüllerianYes[9]
Ranitomeya imitatorRanitomeya ventrimaculataMüllerianYes[9]
MantellidaeMantellidae
Mantella laevigata*Mantella manery*MüllerianYes[17]
Mantella baroni*Mantella madagascariensis*MüllerianYes[17]
Mantella pulchra*Mantella cowanii*MüllerianYes[18]
DendrobatidaeDendrobatidae
Phyllobates aurotaenia*Phyllobates lugubris*MüllerianNoPresent study

these cases, definition of the mimic and model is not possible.
**Further studies are needed in this case: see text.