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Coincident disruptive coloration
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<p>Coincident disruptive coloration or coincident disruptive patterns are patterns of <a href="/facts/Disruptive_coloration/YYHIVI4F">disruptive coloration</a> in animals that go beyond the usual <a href="/facts/Camouflage/GSjGqPuR">camouflage</a> function of breaking up the continuity of an animal's shape, to join up parts of the body that are separate. This is seen in extreme form in frogs such as <i><a href="/facts/Afrixalus_fornasini/lKPag5eh">Afrixalus fornasini</a></i> where the camouflage pattern extends across the body, head, and all four limbs, making the animal look quite unlike a frog when at rest with the limbs tucked in. </p><p>A special case is the <a href="/facts/Disruptive_eye_mask/JHMIHDXu">disruptive eye mask</a> that camouflages the most conspicuous feature of many animals, the eye. </p>