Notes on vocalizations of Brazilian amphibians IV: advertisement calls of 20 Atlantic Forest frog species

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Lucas Rodriguez Forti¹  Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad²  Felipe Leite³  Leandro de Oliveira Drummond⁴  Clodoaldo de Assis⁵  Lucas Batista Crivellari⁶  Caio Marinho Mello⁷  Paulo Christiano Anchietta Garcia⁸  Camila Zornosa-Torres⁹  Luís Felipe Toledo⁹ 

[1] Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia;Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Aquicultura ,(CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista;Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Viçosa;Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa;Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná;Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais;Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

关键词: Bioacoustics;    Animal behavior;    Taxonomy;    Atlantic forest;    Amphibians;    Anura;    Conservation;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.7612

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Bioacoustics is a powerful tool used for anuran species diagnoses, given that advertisement calls are signals related to specific recognition and mate attraction. Thus, call descriptions can support species taxonomy. In spite of that, call descriptions are lacking for many species, delaying advances in biodiversity research. Here, we describe the advertisement calls of 20 anuran species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We accessed 50 digital recordings deposited in the Fonoteca Neotropical Jacques Vielliard. Acoustic analyses were carried out in the software Raven pro 1.5. We provide a general comparison of call structure among species inside taxonomic groups and genera. The vocalizations described here belong to poorly known species, which are representatives of six families: Brachycephalidae, Bufonidae, Ceratophryidae, Cycloramphidae, Hylidae, and Phyllomedusidae. Despite this, still there are 163 species of anurans from Atlantic Forest with calls not formally described. Our work represents an important step in providing data for a taxonomic perspective and improving the knowledge of the Atlantic Forest anuran diversity.

【 授权许可】

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