@article{Zocca_Lourenço-de-Moraes_Campos_Ferreira_2022, title={The high diversity and phylogenetic signal of antipredator mechanisms of the horned frog species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Amphibia: Anura: Odontophrynidae)}, volume={17}, url={https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/11945}, DOI={10.36253/a_h-11945}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">Phylogenetic signals indicate the phenotypic similarity of antipredator mechanisms among related species. Herein, we assessed the antipredator mechanisms of the horned frog <em>Proceratophrys laticeps</em>, compiled a database including closely phylogenetically-related species, and evaluated their phylogenetic signals. Our dataset comprises 80 records for 13 species of <em>Proceratophrys</em>, totalizing 11 antipredator mechanisms and 15 variations of these mechanisms. Six antipredator mechanisms show high similarity in the trees’ roots within <em>Proceratophrys </em>(e.g., aggression, aposematism, camouflage, distress call, immobility, and interrupt calling). Our observations show the first records of antipredator mechanisms for <em>P. laticeps</em>, and the first report of interrupt calling for <em>Proceratophrys</em> genus, contributing to the knowledge on the behavioural ecology of <em>Proceratophrys</em> species, addressing new insights for ecological trait evolution by multiple ancestral states of amphibians.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Acta Herpetologica}, author={Zocca, Cássio and Lourenço-de-Moraes, Ricardo and Campos, Felipe S. and Ferreira, Rodrigo B.}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={77–83} }