Eupsophus

amphibian genus

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coloration

  • natterjack toad (Bufo calamita)
    In frog and toad: Coloration

    …American leptodactylids of the genus Eupsophus have a pair of brightly coloured “eyespots” on the rump. When approached by a potential predator, the frog lowers its head and elevates the rump, thus confronting the predator with a seemingly much larger head.

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