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Sex and habitat differences in size and coloration of an amphibian’s poison glands match differential predator pressures

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Integrative Zoology 2022年第5期17卷 764-776页

作者： Francisco Javier ZAMORA-CAMACHO Department of Phisical Chemical and Natural SystemsPablo de Olavide UniversitySevilleSpain Department of Biodiversity Ecology and EvolutionComplutense University of MadridMadridSpain

Chemical defenses are frequently accompanied by salient color patterns actively avoided by predators,a phe-nomenon referred to as aposematism.However,the production of both chemical defenses and pigments is costly,and is thus expected to be reduced under mild predator pressure.In this work,I compared the size and coloration of parotoid glands(2 dorsal,external swollen structures that secrete toxins in toads)of male and female Epidalea calamita toads from agrosystems and from pine groves.I also quantiﬁed the predator attacks received by plas-ticine toad models,whose“parotoid glands”differed in size and color conspicuousness,exposed in each habitat.Predators avoided models with large and conspicuous parotoid glands,but models in agrosystems were more of-ten attacked.Concerning actual toads,agrosystem and male individuals had larger parotoid glands,presumably implying greater production of chemical defenses than in pine grove and female conspeciﬁcs.Theseﬁndings are aligned with previous research suggesting that both agrosystem toads and males in this system are subjected to a more intense predator pressure.Difference between parotoid gland and dorsum coloration was greater in agrosys-tem toads.A marked internal pattern could function as an aposematic signal,which could counteract increased predator pressure.

关键词： anuran agrosystem aposematism Epidalea calamita plasticine model

Ecological significance of dorsal polymorphism in a Batesian mimic snake

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Current Zoology 2018年第6期64卷 745-753页

作者： Xavier SANTOS Jairo S.AZOR Sergio CORTES Elisa RODRIGUEZ Jose LARIOS Juan M.PLEGUEZUELOS CIBIO/InBIO Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos da Universidade do PortoRua Padre Armando QuintasVairao 4485-661Portugal Departamento de Zoologia Facultad de CienciasUniversidad de GranadaGranada E-18071Spain Ayuntamiento de Motril Plaza de Espana 1Motril E-18600Spain

Batesian mimicry is the process in which harmless species adopt the appearance of a dangerous, aposematic species.In some prey species,both Batesian mimetic and non-Batesian morphs coexist,presupposing that both morphs have to be evolutionarily advantageous.The viperine snake, Natrix maura,exhibits a zigzag dorsal pattern and antipredatory behavior that mimics European vipers.This snake also has a striped dorsal pattern that coexists with the zigzag pattern.We have examined whether individuals belonging to different geographically structured clades were more likely to exhibit a certain dorsal pattern,and whether the zigzag pattern has a protective function by exposing artificial snakes to predation in natural environments,in addition to comparing antipredatory behavior between zigzag and striped snakes also in natural environments.Our results indicate that the striped pattern was not geographically structured,but habitat-dependent.Aerial predators less frequently attacked zigzag plasticine models than striped or unpatterned models.We detected a shift in antipredator behavior between the 2 morphs,as Batesian mimicking N.maura responded to an approaching potential predator by remaining immobile or fleeing at shorter distances than did striped ones.We conclude that Batesian mimics maintain the cryptic and aposematic value by resembling vipers,whereas in open habitats the non-Batesian mimic has altered its antipredator behavior to maintain its fitness.

关键词： antipredatory strategies aposematism Batesian mimicry crypsis dorsal pattern Natrix maura

Prey and predators perceive orb-web spider conspicuousness differently: evaluating alternative hypotheses for color polymorphism evolution

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Current Zoology 2019年第5期65卷 559-570页

作者： Nathalia G.XIMENES Felipe M.GAWRYSZEWSKI Animal Colouration and Evolution Lab Departamento de ZoologiaInstituto de Ciencias BiologicasUniversidade de BrasiliaBrasiliaDF70910-900Brazil Pos-Graduaqao em Ecologia e Evoluqao Universidade Federal de GoiasCampus SamambaiaGoianiaGO74690-900Brazil

Color polymorphisms have been traditionally attributed to apostatic selection.The perception of color depends on the visual system of the observer.Theoretical models predict that differently perceived degrees of conspicuousness by two predator and prey species may cause the evolution of polymorphisms in the presence of anti-apostatic and apostatic selection.The spider Gasteracantha cancriformis(Araneidae)possesses several conspicuous color morphs.In orb-web spiders,the prey attraction hypothesis states that conspicuous colors are prey lures that increase spider foraging success via flower mimicry.Therefore,polymorphism could be maintained if each morph attracted a different prey species(multiple prey hypothesis)and each spider mimicked a different flower color(flower mimicry hypothesis).Conspicuous colors could be a warning signal to predators because of the spider's hard abdomen and spines.Multiple predators could perceive morphs differently and exert different degrees of selective pressures(multiple predator hypothesis).We explored these 3 hypotheses using reflectance data and color vision modeling to estimate the chromatic and achromatic contrast of G.cancriformis morphs as perceived by several potential prey and predator taxa.Our results revealed that individual taxa perceive the conspicuousness of morphs differently.Therefore,the multiple prey hypothesis and,in part,the multiple predator hypothesis may explain the evolution of color polymorphism in G.cancriformis,even in the presence of anti-apostatic selection.The flower mimicry hypothesis received support by color metrics,but not by color vision models.Other parameters not evaluated by color vision models could also affect the perception of morphs and influence morph survival and polymorphism stability.

关键词： aposematism Araneidae Gasteracantha cancriformis luring prey attraction visual communication

Gold: A Unique Pigmentation Defective Laboratory Strain of the Lady Beetle

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Advances in Entomology 2016年第1期4卷 11-18页

作者： Margaret Louise Allen Biological Control of Pests Research Unit National Biological Control Laboratory US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Stoneville USA

A laboratory colony of Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) was selected for a novel phenotypic color trait. The phenotype was paler in color than the wild type, although not as pale as a previously described mutant strain, yellow (ye), and retained dark pigmentation in the eyes. This selected strain was named gold. Mendelian breeding experiments indicate a recessive biallelic inheritance. The strain has decreased fitness characteristics based on measurements of egg production and pupa size.

关键词： Lady Beetle Recessive Phenotype Reciprocal Cross Inbreeding Depression aposematism