Deimatic behaviours, also referred to as startle behaviours, are used against predators and
rivals. Although many are spectacular, their proximate and ultimate causes remain unclear …

Among vertebrates, defensive behaviours have been reviewed for fishes, salamanders,
reptiles, birds, and mammals, but not yet for anuran amphibians. Although several defensive …

One of the key gaps in understanding the impacts of predation by small mammalian
predators on prey is how habitat structure affects the hunting success of small predators …

Aposematic theory has historically predicted that predators should select for warning signals
to converge on a single form, as a result of frequency‐dependent learning. However …

A crucial step in any ethological study is to distinguish and classify the observed behavior
into categories. The literature on anuran antipredator mechanisms is largely scattered and …

The “escape-and-radiate” hypothesis predicts that antipredator defenses facilitate adaptive
radiations by enabling escape from constraints of predation, diversified habitat use, and …

Species of the genus Pleurodema are relatively small, plump frogs that mostly occur in
strong‐seasonal and dry environments. The genus currently comprises 14 species …

Induced defenses are widespread in nature, and in amphibian larvae they are often
expressed as altered behavior and changes in tail shape, color, and size. Theory predicts …

Anurans are known to feign death as a way to avoid or minimize the risk of predation.
However, information on this defensive strategy is scattered and we believe that there is …

The most common defensive vocalization in anurans is the distress call. However, few
descriptions of this type of call are available in the literature, especially for the Neotropics …