Current Herpetology
Online ISSN : 1881-1019
Print ISSN : 1345-5834
ISSN-L : 1345-5834
Original articles
Acoustic Analysis of Novel Female Calls in Japanese Pond Frogs, Pelophylax nigromaculatus and Pelophylax porosus brevipodus
Makoto M. ITOH
著者情報
ジャーナル 認証あり HTML

2017 年 36 巻 2 号 p. 135-141

詳細
抄録

In most frogs, males emit calls in the reproductive seasons, whereas females usually do not emit calls. Females of only several frog species have been known to vocalize. I here report female vocalization in two ranid species, Pelophylax nigromaculatus and P. porosus brevipodus in their overlapping reproductive season. Females of these species called in both intraspecific and interspecific interactions. There were no clear differences in acoustic characteristics of female calls between the two species or between interspecific and intraspecific interactions. Based on the situations in which females called, it is implied that functions of the female calls of P. nigromaculatus and P. p. brevipodus are quite different from those of female calls in frogs hitherto reported.

著者関連情報

この記事は最新の被引用情報を取得できません。

© 2017 The Herpetological Society of Japan
前の記事 次の記事
feedback
Top