Behavioural, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of diversity in frog colour patterns

B Rojas - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The role of colours and colour patterns in behavioural ecology has been extensively studied
in a variety of contexts and taxa, while almost overlooked in many others. For decades …

Just Google it: assessing the use of Google Images to describe geographical variation in visible traits of organisms

GRM Leighton, PS Hugo, A Roulin… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Describing spatial patterns of phenotypic traits can be important for evolutionary and
ecological studies. However, traditional approaches, such as fieldwork, can be time …

[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 …

Phenotypic and genomic diversification with isolation by environment along elevational gradients in a neotropical treefrog

R Medina, GOU Wogan, K Bi… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how geographic and environmental heterogeneity drive local patterns of
genetic variation is a major goal of ecological genomics and a key question in evolutionary …

Differential detectability of polymorphic warning signals under varying light environments

B Rojas, P Rautiala, J Mappes - Behavioural processes, 2014 - Elsevier
The striking colour-pattern variation of some aposematic species is paradoxical because
selection by predators is expected to favour signal uniformity. Although the mechanisms …

Being red, blue and green: the genetic basis of coloration differences in the strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio)

A Rodríguez, NI Mundy, R Ibáñez, H Pröhl - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Animal coloration is usually an adaptive attribute, under strong local selection
pressures and often diversified among species or populations. The strawberry poison frog …

Not everything is black and white: color and behavioral variation reveal a continuum between cryptic and aposematic strategies in a polymorphic poison frog

B Willink, E Brenes-Mora, F Bolaños, H Pröhl - Evolution, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aposematism and crypsis are often viewed as two extremes of a continuum of visual
conspicuousness to predators. Theory predicts that behavioral and coloration …

The birth of aposematism: High phenotypic divergence and low genetic diversity in a young clade of poison frogs

RD Tarvin, EA Powell, JC Santos, SR Ron… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid radiation coupled with low genetic divergence often hinders species delimitation and
phylogeny estimation even if putative species are phenotypically distinct. Some aposematic …

Not just the river: genes, shapes, and sounds reveal population-structured diversification in the Amazonian frog Allobates tapajos (Dendrobatoidea)

GF Maia, AP Lima, IL Kaefer - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In the Amazon basin, the distribution of many vertebrate species is delimited by large rivers,
which are frequently considered as biogeographical barriers strongly related to the origin …

Morph-specific protein patterns in the femoral gland secretions of a colour polymorphic lizard

M Mangiacotti, M Fumagalli, M Cagnone, S Viglio… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Colour polymorphism occurs when two or more genetically-based colour morphs
permanently coexist within an interbreeding population. Colouration is usually associated to …