Tree frogs
Phylogeography reveals an ancient cryptic radiation in East-Asian tree frogs (Hyla japonica group) and complex relationships between continental and island lineages
... Conclusions: Patterns of divergence and diversity were likely triggered by Miocene tectonic activities and Quaternary climatic fluctuations (including glaciations), causing the formation and disappearance of land-bridges ...
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Ex situ diet influences the bacterial community associated with the skin of red eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)
... red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) and make comparisons to bacteria isolated from a wild population from the Chiquibul Rainforest in ...captive frogs, with ...captive frogs is likely ...
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Work and power output in the hindlimb muscles of Cuban tree frogs Osteopilus septentrionalis during jumping
... The power required for jumping in Cuban tree frogs greatly exceeded that apparently available from the hindlimb muscles. The most powerful jumps required an average power during the entire takeoff of more ...
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Body wiping behaviors associated with cutaneous lipids in hylid tree frogs of Florida
... Florida tree frogs, exhibits a higher EWL than phyllomedusine tree ...Florida tree frogs, associated with lipid secretions, may represent an early stage of the more advanced wiping ...
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Comparative and functional analysis of the digital mucus glands and secretions of tree frogs
... of tree frogs, however, a reduced friction would be detri- mental as the push-off force parallel to the substrate—for example during jumping—would be lowered, ...
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Power output of sound producing muscles in the tree frogs Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis
... gray tree frog, ...hylid frogs are thus interesting because they operate at relatively high frequencies and yet must also be capable of generating high power to produce loud ...gray tree frogs ...
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In vivo performance of trunk muscles in tree frogs during calling
... Very few studies have been directed towards understanding the mechanical performance of the calling muscles of frogs. Two studies have presented data on the laryngeal muscles. Manz (1975) described the fusion ...
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The effect of different UV and calcium provisioning on health and fitness traits of red eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)
... Cuban tree frogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis) fed on “low” calcium ...wild frogs, indicating neither diet was sufficiently high. However, frogs in this study were not provided with UVR ...
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Defects in host immune function in tree frogs with chronic chytridiomycosis
... infrafrenata) tree frogs experimentally infected with ...uninfected frogs, Bd infection in ...recovered frogs compared with unexposed frogs, but antigen-specific serum and splenic ...
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Infection intensity and sampling locality affect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis distribution among body regions on green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata
... green-eyed tree frogs Litoria genimaculata. Samples were taken from frogs in natural populations in upland rain forests in northeastern Australia during the cool, dry season in ...individual ...
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Asymmetrical permeability of the integument of tree frogs (Hylidae)
... In the present study we have measured osmotic water movement across the dorsal and ventral skin in vitro of several species of tree frogs, in the presence and absence of the neurohypophy[r] ...
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Impact of plant cover on fitness and behavioural traits of captive red eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)
... of frogs (N = 19) reared from metamorphosis in planted or non-planted ...These frogs were used to examine environmental variables, growth and body condition and bacterial ...communities. Frogs were ...
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Thermal Sensitivity of Swimming Performance and Muscle Contraction in Northern and Southern Populations of Tree Frogs (Hyla Crucifer)
... Muscle contractile properties have similar thermal dependencies to those of other vertebrates: rate processes [including twitch time-to-peak tension TPT, twitch half-relaxation time RTi/[r] ...
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Feeding kinematics of phyllomedusine tree frogs
... patterns that are typical of frogs with independently derived, highly protrusible tongues. We also investigated the method of control in the timing of tongue and jaw movements for feeding sequences of P. ...
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Adhesion and Detachment of the Toe Pads of Tree Frogs
... Use of a force platform to measure directly the forces exerted by the feet during locomotion shows that, during forward locomotion up a vertical slope, this peeling is not accompanied by[r] ...
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AERODYNAMIC STABILITY AND MANEUVERABILITY OF THE GLIDING FROG POLYPEDATES DENNYSI
... 3B). Tree frogs glide through the air on an inclined path; the angle that the frog’s glide path makes with respect to the ground is the frog’s glide angle (see ...
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Urea loading enhances freezing survival and postfreeze recovery in a terrestrially hibernating frog
... In temperate North America, R. sylvatica and several tree frogs (Hylidae) overwinter beneath forest duff where they potentially encounter low environmental water potential and subzero temperatures. They can ...
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Effects of visible implanted elastomer marking on physiological traits of frogs
... of frogs causes a rapid (within 24 h) and major proliferation of micro-organisms on the ...red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) with visible elastomer has no effect on adrenal response ...
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Electrolyte depletion and osmotic imbalance in amphibians with chytridiomycosis
... ABSTRACT: Mounting evidence implicates the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in global amphibian declines and extinctions. While the virulence of this disease has been clearly ...
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Chasing maximal performance: a cautionary tale from the celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County
... Cuban tree frogs involve muscle work outputs near the theoretical maximum (Peplowski and Marsh, 1997) reinforces our more subjective observations that these animals perform consistently in the ...Cuban ...
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