Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator poison dart frog. Natural selection has played a role in the development of the ...

A single species of poison dart frog sports ten completely different coloration patterns, depending on where they live. Are these color divisions being encouraged by the birds that prey on them?, ...

Genomic Analyses Reveal Association of ASIP with a Recurrently evolving Adaptive Color Pattern in Frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution , 2022; 39 (11) DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac235 Cite This Page : ...

All tadpoles grow into frogs, but not all frogs start out as tadpoles, reveals a new study on 720 species of frogs to be published in the journal Evolution. The study, "Phylogenetic analyses ...

Shape matters as well as size in the great range of male frog show-off equipment for competitive seductive serenades.

In contrast, the pattern was lost significantly more often in arboreal lineages — those living in trees — than in other habitats. While beneficial to frogs living on the ground, this colour ...

Following an examination of iris patterns in 960 frog species across 47 families, K S Seshadri, S Gangothri, and Maria Thaker noted that, surprisingly, irises were not correlated with where a frog ...