Communication by fecal chemosignals in an archaic frog, Leiopelma hamiltoni

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2002, Pages 679-686

  Lee, Jonathan S F ^a   Waldman, Bruce ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION; FECES; FROG; SIGNALING;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEIOPELMA; LEIOPELMA HAMILTONI; PELOBATIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037102512     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0679:CBFCIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Size-dependent chemosensory responses to familiar and unfamiliar conspecific faecal pellets by the Iberian rock-lizard, Lacerta monticola
2. Courtship pheromones: Evolution by natural and sexual selection
3. Optimal outbreeding
4. Observations on the ecology and reproduction of the New Zealand leiopelmid frogs
5. Development and parental-care in the endemic New Zealand frogs
6. Leiopelma pakeka, n. sp. (Anura: Leiopelmatidae), a cryptic species of frog from Maud Island, New Zealand, and a reassessment of the conservation status of L. hamiltoni from Stephens Island
7. Kin preference behaviour is present after metamorphosis in Rana cascadae frogs
8. Avoidance response of post-metamorphic anurans to cues of injured conspecifics and predators
9. The chemistry of poisons in amphibian skin
10. Recognition of individual, sex and species odours by salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus-P. jordani complex
11. Olfaction
12. Sexual and seasonal differences in the vomeronasal epithelium of the Red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
13. Homing in leopard frogs, Rana pipiens
14. Über das vorkommen von schreckstoffen bei erdkrötenquappen
15. Recognition by population and genetic similarity in the mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus ochrophaeus
16. The recognition and use of chemical signals by a nesting salamander
17. The significance of airborne olfactory cues to the recognition of home area by the dart-poison frog Dendrobates pumilio
18. The evolution of vocalization in frogs and toads
19. Scent marking by resource holders: Alternative mechanisms for advertising the costs of competition
20. Sensory mediation of aggregation among postmetamorphic Bufo cognatus
21. Olfactory orientation in breeding Mexican toads, Bufo valliceps
22. Maze orientation by Mexican toads, Bufo valliceps (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), using olfactory and configurational cues
23. Alarm response in larval western toads, Bufo boreas: Release of larval chemicals by a natural predator and its effect on predator capture efficiency
24. Feeding habits of the pond frog, Rana nigromaculata, inhabiting rice fields in Kyoto, Japan
25. Visual signaling in anuran amphibians
26. Determining the species status of one of the world's rarest frogs: A conservation dilemma
27. Territorial pheromones of female red-backed salamanders
28. Role of the skin in reproduction and behaviour
29. Dear enemy recognition and the costs of aggression between salamanders
30. Social behavior of plethodontid salamanders
31. Intra- and interspecific communication in salamanders through chemical signals on the substrate
32. A reexamination of the male salamander "sexy faeces hypothesis"
33. Salamander territoriality: Pheromonal markers as advertisement by males
34. Communication in amphibians and reptiles
35. Chemical interaction of frog tadpoles (Rana temporaria L., Anura, Amphibia) with conspecific and heterospecific anuran tadpoles
36. Do frogs communicate with seismic signals?
37. The effects of size on the diets of six sympatric species of postmetamorphic litter anurans in central Amazonia
38. Reproductive isolation: A critical review
39. Homing behaviour of the red-cheeked salamander, Plethodon jordani
40. Bioassay methods for amphibians and reptiles
41. Territorial salamanders assess sexual and competitive information using chemical signals
42. Seismic communication in anuran amphibians
43. Activity, dispersion, and population densities of Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) on Maud and Stephens Islands, New Zealand
44. Body size and diet of recently metamorphosed spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus couchii)
45. Evidence for a mate-attracting chemosignal in the dwarf African clawed frog Hymenochirus
46. Response of toad tadpoles to conflicting chemical stimuli: Predator avoidance versus "optimal" foraging
47. Chemically mediated avoidance of a predatory odonate (Anax junius) by American toad (Bufo americanus) and wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles
48. Kin recognition and cannibalism in polyphenic salamanders
49. Mesozoic anurans
50. Sexual selection, receiver biases, and the evolution of sex differences
51. Individual recognition in salamanders: Cloacal odours
52. Orientation behavior of toads (Bufo bufo) displaced from the breeding site
53. The anatomy of the head of the New Zealand frog, Leiopelma
54. The head of the frog, Leiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch
55. Visual mate choice in poison frogs
56. Orientation of displaced California toads, Bufo boreas, to their breeding sites
57. Aquatic sex pheromone from a male tree frog
58. Olfactory basis of kin recognition in toad tadpoles
59. Chemical ecology of kin recognition in anuran amphibians
60. Mechanisms of kin recognition
61. Kin recognition in amphibians
62. Chemical communication in an archaic anuran amphibian
63. Kin recognition and incest avoidance in toads
64. Male salamanders with high-quality diets have faeces attractive to females
65. The social behaviour of anuran amphibians