Bagnara J T, Taylor J D, Prota G
Science. 1973 Dec 7;182(4116):1034-5. doi: 10.1126/science.182.4116.1034.
Melanosomes of phyllomedusid frogs are unusually large and are composed of an amorphous matrix of thick fibers. Their hitherto undescribed dark red pigment is neither phaeomelanin nor eumelanin, but seems to be related to melanins. Melanophores of at least one of these species, Agalychnis dacnicolor, exhibit color change in direct response to illumination, and it is suggested that these chromatophores are innervated.
叶泡蛙的黑素体异常大,由厚纤维的无定形基质组成。它们迄今未被描述的深红色色素既不是褐黑素也不是真黑素,但似乎与黑素有关。这些物种中至少有一种,即红背叶泡蛙,其黑素细胞会直接响应光照而发生颜色变化,有人认为这些色素细胞是受神经支配的。