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Stable individual variation in ventral spotting patterns in Phyllomedusa trinitatis (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) and other Phyllomedusa species: a minimally invasive method for recognizing individuals
- Source :
- Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Universidade de São Paulo, 2019.
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Abstract
- Stable individual variation in ventral spotting patterns in Phyllomedusa trinitatis (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) and other Phyllomedusa species: a minimally invasive method for recognizing individuals. We describe a distinctive pattern of individually variable white ‘islands’ and dots on the ventral surfaces of the throat and forearm regions of male and female Phyllomedusa trinitatis. Crucially, we report from captive-reared individuals that these patterns are ontogenetically stable. We have used these patterns to recognize individual frogs in populations of 60 and more. Examination of the ventral surfaces of other Phyllomedusa species in museum specimens and from published accounts suggests that use of these patterns provides a generally useful, minimally invasive recognition method in this genus. We fnd that species previously classed as Phyllomedusa but now regarded as belonging to different genera lack these patterns.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15191397 and 23169079
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.947a6365129e43a99623b65025381a57
- Document Type :
- article