Comportamento territorial, vocalização e biologia reprodutiva de Allobates olfersioides (Anura: Aromobatidae)

Costa, Sidieres M. da; Dias, Eduardo José dos Reis

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“…The widespread occurrence of these SMGs among dendrobatoids adds a new dimension to studies of the reproductive biology of these frogs, which, for decades, have investigated acoustic, visual, and tactile cues in courtship, mating, and parental care across the diversity of Aromobatidae (e.g., Allobates : Castillo‐Trenn & Coloma, 2008; Costa & Dias, 2019; Juncá, 1998; Lima et al, 2002; Montanarin et al, 2011; Rocha et al, 2018; Roithmair, 1994; Souza et al, 2017; Stückler et al, 2019; Zimmermann, 1989; Anomaloglossus : Bourne et al, 2001; Pettitt et al, 2012; Juncá, 1998; Mannophryne : Dole & Durant, 1974; Greener et al, 2020; Wells, 1980a; Rheobates : Lüddecke, 1999) and Dendrobatidae (e.g., Ameerega : Costa et al, 2006; Forti et al, 2013; Roithmair, 1994; Colostethus : Wells, 1980b; Dendrobates : Rojas & Pašukonis, 2019; Summers, 1992, 2014; Wells, 1978; Epipedobates : Zimmermann, 1989; Hyloxalus : Lötters et al, 2000; Quiguango‐Ubillús & Coloma, 2008; Oophaga : Crump, 1972; Dreher & Pröhl, 2014; Limerick, 1980; Jungfer, 1985; Jungfer et al, 1996; Silverstone, 1973; Summers, 1992; Yang et al, 2019a, 2019b; Paruwrobates : Myers & Burrowes, 1987; Phyllobates : Zimmermann, 1989; Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1985; Ranitomeya : Caldwell, 1997; Caldwell & Oliveira, 1999) but have almost entirely overlooked the possible role of chemical cues (but see Forester & Wisnieski, 1991; Korbeck & McRoberts, 2005; Schulte, 2016; Schulte & Lötters, 2014; Schulte and Rössler, 2013; Schulte et al, 2011).…”

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Structure and evolution of the sexually dimorphic integumentary swelling on the hands of dendrobatid poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatoidea)

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The hands of adult males of many dendrobatid poison frogs and their relatives possess swelling formed by glandular tissue hypothesized to secrete courtship pheromones delivered to the female during cephalic amplexus. Variation in the occurrence and external morphology of the swelling of finger IV has provided important evidence for dendrobatoid systematics for decades, but its underlying structure has not been investigated. We undertook a detailed comparative analysis of the integument of the hand, including both external morphology and histology, of 36 species representing the diversity of dendrobatoid frogs and several close relatives. The swelling is caused by four densely packed, hypertrophic, morpho‐histochemical types of specialized mucous glands (SMGs). We observed type I SMGs on fingers II–V and the wrist, including areas that are not swollen, types II and IV exclusively on finger IV, and type III on finger IV and the wrist. Type I SMGs occur either in isolation or together with types II, III, or IV; types II, III, and IV never occur together or without type I. We delimited 15 characters to account for the variation in external morphology and the occurrence of SMGs. Our data suggest that type I SMGs are a new synapomorphy for Dendrobatoidea and that type II SMGs originated in either the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of Dendrobatidae or independently in the MRCAs of Aromobatidae and Colostethinae, respectively, while types III and IV are restricted to Anomaloglossus. The discovery of these SMGs adds a new dimension to studies of poison frog reproductive biology, which have investigated acoustic, visual, and tactile cues in courtship, mating, and parental care across the diversity of Dendrobatoidea for decades but have almost entirely overlooked the possible role of chemical cues.

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