Artigo
Redescription of Physalaemus spiniger (Anura: Leptodactylidae) and description of two new reproductive modes
Fecha
1998-12-01Registro en:
Journal of Herpetology, v. 32, n. 4, p. 557-565, 1998.
0022-1511
10.2307/1565210
WOS:000077494600012
2-s2.0-0032446336
Autor
University of California
Quinta da Boa Vista
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
We redescribe Physalaemus spiniger and describe its tadpole and its reproductive modes. This species has the following three alternative reproductive modes: (1) foam nest on pond and feeding tadpoles in pond (the typical mode for the genus Physalaemus); (2) foam nest on humid places on the forest floor near a pond, and feeding tadpoles in pond; (3) foam nest on water accumulated on the axils of terrestrial bromeliads and feeding tadpoles in pond. These last two modes were not included in the reviews of reproductive modes in anurans. The vocalizations of P. spiniger are described and compared with the vocalizations of P. nanus, a sibling species.