2014
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201420130521
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Abstract: The genus Aparasphenodon is restricted to South America and comprises five poorly studied species which present a straight relationship with bromeliads. Herein we present the reproductive biology of the species Aparasphenodon arapapa. Our observations indicate that A. arapapa is a prolonged breeder, reproducing throughout the year using bromeliads as a calling and breeding site. The tadpoles complete their development inside those plants. Males, females and juveniles may also use the bromeliads as a shelter. W… Show more

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“…Within Lophyohylini, phragmosis has been reported only in a subset of species, most of them with co‐ossified skulls: Nyctimantis arapapa (Lantyer‐Silva et al, 2014), N. bokermanni (Toledo et al, 2011), N. brunoi (Carvalho, 1939; Lutz, 1954), N. pomba (C.L. Assis, pers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within Lophyohylini, phragmosis has been reported only in a subset of species, most of them with co‐ossified skulls: Nyctimantis arapapa (Lantyer‐Silva et al, 2014), N. bokermanni (Toledo et al, 2011), N. brunoi (Carvalho, 1939; Lutz, 1954), N. pomba (C.L. Assis, pers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These complex and often contradictory results suggest that a powerful set of trade-offs is operating, driven by selective pressures on different aspects of reproductive site preference. We suggest that the unexpected avoidance of very large bromeliad tanks with very large water volumes, plus the surprising finding that males prefer small-diameter tank entrances, may be due to a trade-off between the importance of water and the importance of defending against predation (and/or competition) through phragmosis—the behavior where males seal the tank entrance with their fortified head [24,26]. As observed in the field, phragmotic behavior in A .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…As our study system, we use Bahia’s Broad-snout casque-headed Tree Frog Aparasphenodon arapapa , a range-restricted anuran of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest that has an extraordinarily complex set of phytotelm-dependent behaviors [23,24]. Males select a bromeliad, insert themselves into the water-containing central tank, and then attempt to court females by extruding the head above water and calling.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Currently, five species of Aparasphenodon are recognized (Frost 2017). Like other casque-headed hylids, species of Aparasphenodon have co-ossified skulls; the fusion of the overlying skin to the bone below is thought to reduce desiccation (Trueb 1970), as well as protect the frogs hiding inside bromeliads and bamboos from intruders and predators (Teixeira et al 2002, Mesquita et al 2004, Lantyer-Silva et al 2014. The skulls of both A. brunoi and the casque-headed hylid Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 are covered with bony spines; poisonous secretions that are more lethal than the venom from pitvipers of the genus Bothrops are delivered through these spines (Jared et al 2015).…”
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