Burrows of desert-adapted frogs, Neobatrachus aquilonius and Notaden nichollsi

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Thompson, G G ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b   McMaster, K A ^b   Cartledge, V A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Australia; Frogs; Micro habitat

Indexed keywords

BURROW; DESERT; FROG;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; NEOBATRACHUS AQUILONIUS; NOTADEN; NOTADEN NICHOLLSI; UPEROLEIA; UPEROLEIA MICROMELES;

EID: 27844483945     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bayomy MFF, Shalan AG, Bradshaw SD, Withers PC, Stewart T & Thompson G 2001 Water content, body weight and acid mucopolysaccarides, hyaluronidase and β-glucuronidase in response to aestivation in Australian desert frogs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 131: 881-892.
2. Dimmitt MA & Ruibal R 1980 Environmental correlates of emergence in Spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus). Journal of Herpetology 14: 21-29.
3. Lee AK 1968 Water economy of the burrowing frog, Heleioporus eyrei (Gray). Copeia 1968: 741-745.
4. Main AR & Bentley PJ 1964 Water relations of Australian burrowing frogs and tree frogs. Ecology 45: 379-382.
5. Morton SR, Masters P & Hobbs TJ 1993 Estimates of abundance of burrowing frogs in spinifex grasslands of the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 10: 67-70.
6. Paltridge R & Nano T 2001 Digging for frogs in the Tanami Desert. Australian Geographic. January-March, 25-26.
7. Seymour RS 1973 Gas exchange in spadefoot toads beneath the ground. Copeia 1973: 452-460.
8. Slater P & Main AR 1963 Notes on the biology of Notaden nichollsi (Anura; Leptodactylidae). Western Australian Naturalist 7: 162-166.
9. van Beurden E 1977 Water and Energy Relations of the Australian Water Holding Frog, Cyclorana platycephalus. PhD thesis, University of Sydney.
10. van Beurden E 1982 Desert adaptations of Cyclorana platycephalus: an holistic approach to desert-adaptation in frogs. In: Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia (ed WR Barker & PJM Greenslade). Peacock, Adelaide, 235-239.
11. van Beurden E 1984 Survival strategies of the Australian water-holding frog, Cyclorana platycephalus. In: Arid Australia: Proceedings of a symposium on the origins, biota and ecology of Australia's and regions (ed HG Cogger & EE Cameron). Australian Museum, Sydney, 223-234.
12. van Beurden EK 1980 Energy metabolism of dormant Australian water-holding frogs (Cyclorana platycephalus). Copeia 1980: 787-799.
13. Withers PC 1993 Metabolic depression during aestivation in the Australian frogs, Neobatrachus and Cyclorana. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 467-473.
14. Withers PC 1995 Cocoon formation and structure in the aestivating Australian desert frogs, Neobatrachus and Cyclorana. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 429-441.
15. Withers PC 1998 Evaporative water loss and the role of cocoon formation in Australian frogs. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 405-418.
16. Withers PC & Thompson GG 2000 Cocoon formation and metabolic depression by the aestivating hylid frogs Cyclorana australis and Cyclorana cultripes (Amphibia: Hylidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 83: 39-40.