Activity, acoustic repertoire and social interactions of the Red Toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Eliziane Garcia de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBaptista Haddad, Celio Fernando [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T15:45:39Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T15:45:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-30
dc.description.abstractThe genus Brachycephalus is endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest with most of its known species having been described only recently. In contrast to growing body of knowledge regarding the taxonomy of this genus, there remains a lack of general knowledge about their biology. Herein, we aim to describe the acoustic repertoire, social interactions between males and temporal pattern of reproductive activity of Brachycephalus pitanga. Humidity was the main explanatory factor for variation in the number of calling males throughout the year. We describe five calls types for the species: advertisement, territorial, encounter, warm-up and antiphony. The contexts in which these call types are emitted and their temporal and spectral parameters are discussed. During territorial disputes male frogs exhibited increasing levels of aggressiveness, beginning with the emission of territorial calls, escalating through encounter calls and visual signals and culminating in physical contests.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2008/50928-1
dc.format.extent501-506
dc.identifier.citationSalamandra. Darmstadt: Deutsche Gesellschaft Herpetologie Terrarienkunde E V, v. 53, n. 4, p. 501-506, 2017.
dc.identifier.issn0036-3375
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/159895
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000413959900003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDeutsche Gesellschaft Herpetologie Terrarienkunde E V
dc.relation.ispartofSalamandra
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectBehavior
dc.subjectvocalizations
dc.subjectvisual communication
dc.subjectAtlantic Forest
dc.titleActivity, acoustic repertoire and social interactions of the Red Toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga (Anura: Brachycephalidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderDeutsche Gesellschaft Herpetologie Terrarienkunde E V
unesp.author.lattes0458077399058762[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7044-5764[2]

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