Many anuran species exhibit striking color and/or pattern polymorphisms. We sampled 599 adult rice frogs, Fejervarya multistriata, from a rice paddy in the periphery of the Lingnan Nature Reserve （Huangshan, Anhui）....Many anuran species exhibit striking color and/or pattern polymorphisms. We sampled 599 adult rice frogs, Fejervarya multistriata, from a rice paddy in the periphery of the Lingnan Nature Reserve （Huangshan, Anhui）. We recognized ten morphs based on three relatively stable and distinct morphological characters： dorsal ground color （green or gray）, middorsal stripe （absence, wide, or narrow）, occipital rusty spot （absence or presence）. The grey individuals are more common and larger than the green individuals （frequency 88.1 vs. 11.9%, respectively） and （SVL 39.4-36.6 vs. 35.7-34.6 mm, respectively）. There is a higher proportion of individuals with a middorsal stripe （59.7%） while absence of the occipital rusty spot is more common in the population （82.3%）. We expect additional studies in different habitat types would help build our understanding of the relationship between color polymorphism and habitat, geography, and climate.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31071891,31471968)Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province of China(No.KJ2014A244)the Zoology and Conservation Biology Research Innovation Group of Huangshan University
文摘Many anuran species exhibit striking color and/or pattern polymorphisms. We sampled 599 adult rice frogs, Fejervarya multistriata, from a rice paddy in the periphery of the Lingnan Nature Reserve （Huangshan, Anhui）. We recognized ten morphs based on three relatively stable and distinct morphological characters： dorsal ground color （green or gray）, middorsal stripe （absence, wide, or narrow）, occipital rusty spot （absence or presence）. The grey individuals are more common and larger than the green individuals （frequency 88.1 vs. 11.9%, respectively） and （SVL 39.4-36.6 vs. 35.7-34.6 mm, respectively）. There is a higher proportion of individuals with a middorsal stripe （59.7%） while absence of the occipital rusty spot is more common in the population （82.3%）. We expect additional studies in different habitat types would help build our understanding of the relationship between color polymorphism and habitat, geography, and climate.
