Life-history traits and courtship behaviour of four poorly known endemic bush frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Rhachophoridae) from the Western Ghats of India

A. V. Abhijith; Shomen Mukherjee

doi:10.11609/jott.6092.12.8.15916-15921

Life-history traits and courtship behaviour of four poorly known endemic bush frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Rhachophoridae) from the Western Ghats of India

A. V. Abhijith, Shomen Mukherjee

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Abstract

The Western Ghats have a high level of anuran endemism. Although there has been an extensive focus on their taxonomy, the ecology of most species are poorly known. In this note we describe the reproductive life-history traits and breeding behavior of four species of endemic bush frogs, Pseudophilautus wynaadensis, Raorchestes akroparallagi, Raorchestes glandulosus, and Raorchestes ponmudi (Amphibia: Anura: Rachophoridae) from Wayanad region of Western Ghats.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15916-15921
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6092.12.8.15916-15921
State	Published - 26 May 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Clutch-size
Coffee plantation
Direct metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis
Raorchestes akroparallagi
Raorchestes glandulosus
Raorchestes ponmudi
Reproduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Life-history traits and courtship behaviour of four poorly known endemic bush frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Rhachophoridae) from the Western Ghats of India

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