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.
| Mimic | Model | Mimetism type | Sympatric species | Source |
| Aromobatidae | Dendrobatidae | | | | Allobates
zaparo | Ameerega bilinguis | Batesian | Yes | [14] | Allobates zaparo | Ameerega parvula | Batesian | Yes | [14] | Brachycephalidae | Dendrobatidae | | | | Pristimantis gaigeae | Phyllobates lugubris | Batesian | Yes | [15] | Pristimantis gaigeae | Phyllobates aurotaenia | Batesian | Yes | [15] | Leptodactylidae | Aromobatidae | | | | Leptodactylus
lineatus** | Allobates femoralis** | Batesian | Yes | [16] | Dendrobatidae | Dendrobatidae | | | | Ranitomeya imitator | Ranitomeya fantasticus | Müllerian | Yes | [9] | Ranitomeya imitator | Ranitomeya variabilis | Müllerian | Yes | [9] | Ranitomeya imitator | Ranitomeya ventrimaculata | Müllerian | Yes | [9] | Mantellidae | Mantellidae | | | | Mantella laevigata* | Mantella manery* | Müllerian | Yes | [17] | Mantella baroni* | Mantella madagascariensis* | Müllerian | Yes | [17] | Mantella pulchra* | Mantella cowanii* | Müllerian | Yes | [18] | Dendrobatidae | Dendrobatidae | | | | Phyllobates aurotaenia* | Phyllobates lugubris* | Müllerian | No | Present study |
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these cases, definition of the mimic and model is not possible. **Further studies are needed in this case: see text.
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