Maternal chemical defenses predict offspring defenses in a dendrobatid poison frog

OL Brooks, JJ James, RA Saporito - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
Within and among populations, alkaloid defenses of the strawberry poison frog (Oophaga
pumilio) vary spatially, temporally, and with life history stage. Natural variation in defense …

Comparative ontogeny of skin glands in Rhinella and Incilius toads

K Porras-Brenes, N Ramírez-Mata, JL Stynoski - Zoomorphology, 2024 - Springer
A key component of amphibian antipredator strategies is the chemical defenses that make
them toxic and/or distasteful, like the cardiotoxic bufadienolides synthesized by the true …

Chemical communication and Semiochemical recognition in frogs: From eggs to adults

LM Schulte, K Lipkowski… - Symposium of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Semiochemicals, such as sex pheromones or predator kairomones, trigger inter-and
intraspecific interactions among animals. With more than 7500 species, frogs (Anura) are a …