COURTSHIP CALLS OF 3 SPECIES OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FROM PUERTO-RICO (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE)

Authors
MICHAEL SF
Citation
Sf. Michael, COURTSHIP CALLS OF 3 SPECIES OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FROM PUERTO-RICO (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE), Herpetologica, 52(1), 1996, pp. 116-120
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Herpetologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00180831
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
116 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-0831(1996)52:1<116:CCO3SO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The courtship vocalizations of three species of Puerto Rican frogs (El eutherodactylus antillensis, E. cochranae, and E. coqui) are reported. These courtship calls are clearly distinct from the advertisement cal ls of each species, but they are very similar to one another. This sim ilarity suggests that these calls may represent relatively unchanged, ancestral vocalizations.