Are the unken reflex and the aposematic colouration of Red-Bellied Toads efficient against bird predation?

Aposematic signals as well as body behaviours may be important anti-predator defences. Species of the genus Melanophryniscus are characterised by having toxic lipophilic alkaloids in the skin and for presenting a red ventral colouration, which can be observed when they perform the behaviour called t...

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Autores principales: Bordignon, Debora Wolff, Caorsi, Valentina Zaffaroni, Colombo, Patrick, Abadie, Michelle, Brack, Ismael Verrastro, Dasoler, Bibiana Terra, Borges-Martins, Márcio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193551

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193551

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