Mating Call in the Speciation of Anuran Amphibians

Blair, W. Frank

doi:10.1086/282007

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“…The notes of our recordings are somewhat shorter, the pulse rate faster, and the frequency of the bands of maximum acoustic emission are different (as is also between Barrio's sonograms). These differences may be explained by environmental factors and interindividual variability (BLAIR, 1958), and also by different recording methods and analysis. BARRIO (1965) classified the advertisement calls of Physalaemus species into four types.…”

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Advertisement call and female sexual cycle in Uruguayan populations of Physalaemus henselii (Anura, Leiuperidae)

Maneyro

Núñez

Borteiro³

et al. 2008

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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ABSTRACT. Physalaemus henselii (Peters, 1872) is a little known leiuperid frog that has not been studied since the 1960's. Herein, we redescribe its advertisement call, and assess the female sexual cycle and the reproductive period on the basis of the macroscopic analysis of the ovaries and field observations. The Ovarian Size Factor (OSF) was calculated. The study was made in Departamento de Rivera, northern Uruguay. The advertisement call consists of short (177 ± 21ms), multipulsed (20 ± 3 pulses/note) notes, with a note repetition rate of 1.57 ± 0.13 notes/s. Physalaemus henselii has a female sexual cycle with unimodal distribution of gravid females, which are present from February to September. The OSF and the ratio "females with mature oocytes / females without mature oocytes" reached the highest values from April to June. The number and size of oocytes were positively correlated with female size. The smallest female (SVL =18.94mm, weight =0.78g) with mature oocytes was found in July. The observed sexual cycle with a single annual reproductive period during the cold season (autumn and early winter), is an uncommon fact for anuran species in the region.

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Advertisement call and female sexual cycle in Uruguayan populations of Physalaemus henselii (Anura, Leiuperidae)

Maneyro

Núñez

Borteiro³

et al. 2008

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

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“…Advertisement calls are generally recognized as being the main pre-mating reproductive isolating mechanism in anurans (Blair 1958;Gerhardt 1988;Ryan and Rand 1993). Since the development of sound analysis techniques, the comparison of advertisement calls of different populations has played a major role in the detection of cryptic species worldwide.…”

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Advertisement calls of six species of anurans from Bali, Republic of Indonesia

Márquez

Eekhout

2006

Journal of Natural History

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We describe quantitatively the advertisement calls of six species of anurans from Bali and the release call of three of these. The advertisement calls of three of the species and the three release calls have not been described previously to the best of our knowledge. This is the first study that describes calls from anurans of the island of Bali. Advertisement call characteristics are discussed in light of withinindividual and between-individual variation. For the three species with previously published accounts of their advertisement calls we compare the data obtained in Bali with other accounts. While Bufo melanostictus did not show a substantial difference in advertisement calls from Coorg (India), the calls of Balinese Fejervarya (Limnonectes) limnocharis show substantial differences with those recorded in Coorg (India). Furthermore, the Balinese recordings of Polypedates leucomystax are similar to recordings obtained by other authors in Negros (Philippines), the Malaysian part of Borneo, and from one of the morphs present in peninsular Malaysia, while being clearly different from recordings of populations from Thailand, Polillo (Philippines), and from the other morph recorded in Malaysia.

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“…The mating call is the most common component of this vocabulary and studies on frog vocalization have been concerned mainly with this call (pengilley 1971). The mating call has been found to be species-specific, each species differing distinctly from every other species in at least one, and often more, of the attributes of the call (Blair 1958). The mating call of Ptychadena taenioscelis is similarly highly characteristic and varies within fairly narrow limits in respect ofeach of the call parameters considered (fable 1).…”

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Vocalizations and Breeding Behaviour of Ptychadena Taenioscelis (Anura: Ranidae)

Passmore

1976

Zoologica Africana

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Four distinct types of call are produced by male Ptychadena taenioscelis Laurent in breeding aggregations. The most common of these is the mating call. A male/male interaction or 'chorus call' is also produced regularly and its production is dependent on the presence of two or more individuals. A call with a territorial function and the release calls uttered by amplectant males are also described. The responses of calling males to the arrival of females and further males are discussed. Mention is made of the ovipositional behaviour of this species.

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Mating Call in the Speciation of Anuran Amphibians

Cited by 201 publications

References 9 publications

Advertisement call and female sexual cycle in Uruguayan populations of Physalaemus henselii (Anura, Leiuperidae)

Advertisement call and female sexual cycle in Uruguayan populations of Physalaemus henselii (Anura, Leiuperidae)

Advertisement calls of six species of anurans from Bali, Republic of Indonesia

Vocalizations and Breeding Behaviour of Ptychadena Taenioscelis (Anura: Ranidae)

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