Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil
Vocalizations of Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil.Herein, we describe the vocal repertoire of Hyla werneri. We found four distinct vocalizations: advertisement call, aggressive call, distress call, and a mixed call. The advertisement call was the most frequent vocalization, with one...
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doaj-f1eba63f593941bdae5c5b7f4e60fea82021-01-02T03:22:54ZengUniversidade de São PauloPhyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology1519-13972004-12-0132115120Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do BrasilRogério P. BastosLorena D. GuimarãesRodrigo LingnauVocalizations of Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil.Herein, we describe the vocal repertoire of Hyla werneri. We found four distinct vocalizations: advertisement call, aggressive call, distress call, and a mixed call. The advertisement call was the most frequent vocalization, with one to 23 notes. Aggressive calls had only one note, but with longer duration than notes of advertisement calls. One individual emitted four distress calls, and these showed a great variation. The mixed calls are formed by the emission of an aggressive call followed by five to 23 notes similar to theadvertisement call, probably a strategy to partition the attractive and aggressive functions in different notes on the same call. We suggest that the mixed calls of H. werneri could be a graded aggressive call system, already found in other anurans, which allows males to gradually reduce the number of attractive elements whileincreasing the aggressiveness of the call.http://www.phyllomedusa.esalq.usp.br/articles/volume3/number2/32115120.pdfAnuraHylidaeHyla werneriHyla microcephala groupvocalizationcomplex calls |
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Rogério P. Bastos Lorena D. Guimarães Rodrigo Lingnau Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology Anura Hylidae Hyla werneri Hyla microcephala group vocalization complex calls |
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Rogério P. Bastos Lorena D. Guimarães Rodrigo Lingnau |
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Rogério P. Bastos |
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Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil |
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Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil |
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Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil |
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Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil |
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Vocalizações de Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) no sul do Brasil |
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vocalizações de hyla werneri (anura, hylidae) no sul do brasil |
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Universidade de São Paulo |
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Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology |
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1519-1397 |
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2004-12-01 |
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Vocalizations of Hyla werneri (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil.Herein, we describe the vocal repertoire of Hyla werneri. We found four distinct vocalizations: advertisement call, aggressive call, distress call, and a mixed call. The advertisement call was the most frequent vocalization, with one to 23 notes. Aggressive calls had only one note, but with longer duration than notes of advertisement calls. One individual emitted four distress calls, and these showed a great variation. The mixed calls are formed by the emission of an aggressive call followed by five to 23 notes similar to theadvertisement call, probably a strategy to partition the attractive and aggressive functions in different notes on the same call. We suggest that the mixed calls of H. werneri could be a graded aggressive call system, already found in other anurans, which allows males to gradually reduce the number of attractive elements whileincreasing the aggressiveness of the call. |
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Anura Hylidae Hyla werneri Hyla microcephala group vocalization complex calls |
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