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Is it all death feigning? Case in anurans

dc.contributor.authorToledo, Luís Felipe
dc.contributor.authorSazima, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Célio F.B. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:24:44Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-14
dc.description.abstractAnurans 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 more than one behaviour type referred to as thanatosis. Here we review the literature, add original data, and propose definitions and new names that complement the present knowledge on the subject. We collected information on 334 individuals of 99 species in 16 families and grouped the recorded displays into two categories of tonic immobility: (1) thanatosis, death-feigning, or playing possum, and (2) shrinking or contracting. These two categories are treated as different behaviour types because of the display pattern (position of fore- and hindlimbs, eye opening), presence of skin toxins (shrinking is mostly displayed by toxic species, whereas thanatosis is mostly displayed by non-toxic species), social context (interaction with predators), and their putative or actual functions. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.en
dc.description.affiliationMuseu de Zoologia Prof. Adão José Cardoso Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CEP 13083-970, Caixa Postal 6109, Campinas, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zoologia Instituto de Biociências, Unesp, CEP 13506-970, Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zoologia Instituto de Biociências, Unesp, CEP 13506-970, Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro, São Paulo
dc.format.extent1979-1988
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003624804
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Natural History, v. 44, n. 31, p. 1979-1988, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00222931003624804
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.issn1464-5262
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77954414676
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/71783
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Natural History
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.875
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,419
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,419
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAnurans
dc.subjectDeath feigning
dc.subjectDefensive behaviour
dc.subjectShrinking
dc.subjectThanatosis
dc.subjectTonic immobility
dc.subjectbehavioral ecology
dc.subjectdefense behavior
dc.subjectfrog
dc.subjectliterature review
dc.subjectpredation risk
dc.subjectspecies diversity
dc.subjecttoxin
dc.subjectAnura
dc.titleIs it all death feigning? Case in anuransen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/permissions/reusingOwnWork.asp
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.author.lattes0458077399058762[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7044-5764[3]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt
unesp.departmentZoologia - IBpt

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