Mating calls description of five species of frogs from the genus Hylarana Tschudi 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia

Ramlah Zainudin, and Mustafa A. Rahman, and Badrul Munir M. Zain, and M. N. Shukor, and R. F. Inger, and A. Norhayati, (2010) Mating calls description of five species of frogs from the genus Hylarana Tschudi 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Sarawak, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (3). pp. 363-369. ISSN 0126-6039

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Abstract

Recordings of frog calls from the genus Hylarana were conducted at seven study sites in Sarawak, Malaysia. The results showed that each species differs in terms of call characteristics, in which a high number of pulsed note belongs to H. baramica, while high repetition note belongs to the sibling species, H. glandulosa. Higher pitched and number of amplitude spectrum, however, belong to H. signata. Pulsed note and note repetition differed significantly among species, except for spectrum amplitude. Advertisement calls for each species were described in detail. This study provide a baseline data on advertisement call characteristics of frogs from the genus Hylarana for future studies of these frogs particularly and the Oriental frogs generally.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:Acoustic characteristic; amplitude spectrum; Hylarana, note; pitch; pulse
Journal:Sains Malaysiana
ID Code:7345
Deposited By: Mr Fazli Nafiah -
Deposited On:04 Aug 2014 06:06
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