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Science 10 June 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4295, pp. 1225 - 1226
DOI: 10.1126/science.860137
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Science, Vol 196, Issue 4295, 1225-1227
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Infrared reflectance in leaf-sitting neotropical frogs

PA Schwalm, PH Starrett, and RW McDiarmid

Two members of the glass-frog family Centrolenidae (Centrolenella fleischmanni, C. prosoblepon) and the hylid subfamily Phyllomedusinae (Agalychnis moreletii, Pachymedusa dacnicolor) reflect near-infrared light (700 to 900 nanometers) when examined by infrared color photography. Infrared reflectance may confer adaptive advantage to these arboreal frogs both in thermoregulation and infrared cryptic coloration.


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