FEMALE PREFERENCE FOR TEMPORAL FEATURES OF VOCALIZATION IN THE JAPANESE TREEFROG, RHACOPHORUS-ARBOREUS

Female preference for the different temporal features of advertisement calls by males was studied in the foam-nesting treefrog, Rhacophorus arboreus. Field observations showed that females were attracted to mal es making more calls, calling in more bouts of vocalization and leadin g choruses. In phonotactic experiments in the laboratory, however, fem ales were attracted to vocalizations with more total notes while they were not attracted to chorus leaders.