Speciation: frog mimics prefer their own
Publication information:
Mallet, J. (2014). Speciation: frog mimics prefer their own. Current Biology, 24, Article 22. (Original work published 2014)
Abstract
Ranitomeya poison frogs in the Peruvian Amazon are a rare example of Mullerian mimicry in vertebrates. These frogs also prefer to court same-coloured mimics. This suggests that divergence in mimicry plays a role in reproductive isolation.
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doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.001