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Issue: Vol. 3310 No. 1: 11 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3310.1.3
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 1

Advertisement call and geographical variation in call features of Dendropsophus berthalutzae (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Ecologia Aplicada, ESALQ/CENA-USP. Av. Centenário, 303, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Rua Joubert Wey, 290, CEP 18030-070, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Pádua Dias, 11, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Amphibia Anura Hylidae

Abstract

Acoustic signals are the main mode of communication in anurans (Duellman & Trueb 1994). Calls produced by anurans play an essential role during their reproduction (Wells 1977) and advertisement calls emitted by males are, in many cases, species-specific, representing an important character for species recognition (Abrunhosa et al. 2001; Forti et al. 2010). Thus, the formal description of advertisement calls is relevant for anuran taxonomy (Pombal Jr. et al. 1995).

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