Amphibia, Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylus caatingae: geographical distribution extension

Calls and calling behavior of the frog Leptodactylus natalensis (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)

•Leptodactylus natalensis has a prolonged calling season, typically from May to September. Individuals occur in and call from the most forested patch of habitat on the campus of the Universidade Federal de Sergipe. Two kinds of calls were recorded and analyzed•advertisement and chirp calls. The function of the chirp call is unknown. The advertisement call has two carrier frequency bands, known ...

Systematics of the pentadactylus Species Group of the Frog Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

Heyer, W. Ronald. Systematics of the pentadactylus Species Group of the Frog Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 301, 43 pages, 23 figures, 12 tables, 1979.—Sixteen mensural and pattern characters are analyzed for the adult members of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus species group. Available data on tadpoles, mating calls, and karyotypes ...

The Adaptive Ecology of the Species Groups of the Genus Leptodactylus (amphibia, Leptodactylidae).

Leptodactylus chaquensis Cei, 1950 (Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylinae): extension of the distribution in state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

Biological Society of Washington Vanzolinius, a New Genus Proposed for Leptodactylus Discodactylus (amphibia, Leptodactylidae) by W. Ronau) Heyer

The relationships of Leptodactylus discodactylus Boulenger have been obscure. In the first analysis of the relationships of discodactylus since Boulenger's description, I (1970) placed this species in the Melanonotus group of the genus Leptodactylus, based primarily on external morphology. This relationship was questioned when certain life history data were gathered (Heyer and Belhn, 1973). In ...