TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of visual displays in the Neotropical treefrog Dendropsophus carnifex
AU - Peñaherrera-Romero, Emilia
AU - Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s) under exclusive licence to ISPA, CRL.
PY - 2022/12/26
Y1 - 2022/12/26
N2 - Visual communication is apparently widespread among anurans, but these behaviours in many Neotropical species remain unstudied. We provide the first descriptions of visual displays in males of the Neotropical treefrog Dendropsophus carnifex (Hylidae) from three populations at Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador. We describe hind-foot lifting, foot-flagging, arm waving, toe trembling, body raising, and throat exposure for D. carnifex. All visual displays include exposure of flash colours in hidden surfaces of body and legs. Vocalisations were not emitted simultaneously with visual displays but were intercalated.
AB - Visual communication is apparently widespread among anurans, but these behaviours in many Neotropical species remain unstudied. We provide the first descriptions of visual displays in males of the Neotropical treefrog Dendropsophus carnifex (Hylidae) from three populations at Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador. We describe hind-foot lifting, foot-flagging, arm waving, toe trembling, body raising, and throat exposure for D. carnifex. All visual displays include exposure of flash colours in hidden surfaces of body and legs. Vocalisations were not emitted simultaneously with visual displays but were intercalated.
KW - Amphibian
KW - Anura
KW - Cloud forest
KW - Hylidae
KW - Visual displays
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144847057&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10211-022-00407-z
DO - 10.1007/s10211-022-00407-z
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85144847057
SN - 0873-9749
VL - 26
SP - 75
EP - 78
JO - Acta Ethologica
JF - Acta Ethologica
IS - 1
ER -