Comparison of vertebrate skin structure at class level: A review

E Akat, M Yenmiş, MA Pombal, P Molist… - The Anatomical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The skin is a barrier between the internal and external environment of an organism.
Depending on the species, it participates in multiple functions. The skin is the organ that …

Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)

T Grant, M Rada, M Anganoy-Criollo, A Batista… - South American Journal …, 2017 - BioOne
Despite the impressive growth of knowledge on the phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison
frogs and their relatives (Dendrobatoidea) over the past decade, many problems remain to …

Eco-metabolomics applied to the chemical ecology of poison frogs (Dendrobatoidea)

M Gonzalez, C Carazzone - Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Amphibians are one of the most remarkable sources of unique natural products. Biogenic
amines, peptides, bufodienolides, alkaloids, and volatile organic compounds have been …

Interacting amino acid replacements allow poison frogs to evolve epibatidine resistance

RD Tarvin, CM Borghese, W Sachs, JC Santos, Y Lu… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Animals that wield toxins face self-intoxication. Poison frogs have a diverse arsenal of
defensive alkaloids that target the nervous system. Among them is epibatidine, a nicotinic …

First characterization of toxic alkaloids and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the cryptic dendrobatid Silverstoneia punctiventris

M Gonzalez, P Palacios-Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Springer
Background Poison frogs are known for the outstanding diversity of alkaloid-based chemical
defences with promising therapeutic applications. However, current knowledge about …

Factors determining the dorsal coloration pattern of aposematic salamanders

B Barzaghi, A Melotto, P Cogliati, R Manenti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Aposematic bright colors have a key role for animal defense and can be expressed through
metabolic production or by acquiring pigments from diet. Aposematic coloration can be …

[HTML][HTML] Deep divergences among inconspicuously colored clades of Epipedobates poison frogs

K López-Hervas, JC Santos, SR Ron… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) are famous for their aposematic species, having a
combination of diverse color patterns and defensive skin toxins, yet most species in this …

Selection on Visual Opsin Genes in Diurnal Neotropical Frogs and Loss of the SWS2 Opsin in Poison Frogs

YC Wan, MJ Navarrete Méndez… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Amphibians are ideal for studying visual system evolution because their biphasic (aquatic
and terrestrial) life history and ecological diversity expose them to a broad range of visual …

Three new species of genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Tibet, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae), with implications for the diagnostic values of qualitative characters

V Tang, K Ouyang, Z Liu, F Šťáhlavský - Euscorpius, 2024 - mds.marshall.edu
Three new species of genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 are described from Tibet Autonomous
Region, China. S. deshpandei sp. n. is described based on an adult male and an immature …

The molecular basis and evolution of toxin resistance in poison frogs

JL Coleman, DC Cannatella - Evolutionary Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Many animals bear conspicuous warning signals that advertise toxin-mediated
unpalatability to predators; this is known as aposematism. Frogs in particular have evolved …