Review Article
Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms
in Anurans
Table 3
Characteristics,
benefits acquired, and constraints involved in the evolution of different
classes of anuran coloration.
| | Coloration classes | Main characteristic | Benefits acquired | Evolutionary constraints involved |
| | Cryptic coloration | Background matching | Detection avoidance
(by prey and predators) | Predator and prey search image |
| | Aposematic coloration | Background contrasting | Predator avoidance | Predator learning, presence of harmful defenses*,
sexual selection | | Reproductive success |
| | Deceptive coloration | Dissuasive coloration | Predator avoidance | Predator search image, sexual selection | | Reproductive success |
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be an exception in cases of Browerian and
Batesian mimicry.
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