The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: Larval habitat, growth and metamorphosis

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Downie, J R ^a   Ramnarine, I ^b   Sams, K ^a   Walsh, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Amphibian tadpoles; Anurans; Maturation; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PSEUDIS; PSEUDIS PARADOXA;

EID: 69749102724     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Aguiar, O., Bacci, M., Lima, A.P., Rossa-Feres, D.C., Haddad, C.F.B. & Recco-Pimentel, S.M. (2007).Phylogenetic relationships of Pseudis and Lysapsus (Anura, Hylidae, Hylinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Cladistics 23, 455-463.
2. Bokermann, W.C.A. (1967). Brazilian giant tadpoles - 3: On a giant tadpole of Pseudis paradoxa (Amphibia,Pseudidae). Revista Brazileira de Biologia 27, 209-212.
3. Cais, A. (1982). Aspectos da biologia e ontogênese de Pseudis paradoxus (Linné, 1758) (Amphibia-Pseudidae). Masters dissertation. Rio Claro, SP, Brazil: Instituto de Biociências da Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho".
4. De La Riva, I. (1999). Notes on the paradox frog, Pseudis paradoxa, in Bolivia. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 68, 14-19.
5. De Souza, S.C.R. & Kuribara, C.M. (2006). Metabolic scaling associated with unusual size changes during larval development of the frog, Pseudis paradoxus. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 1651-1661.
6. Ditmars, R.L. (1936). A trip to Trinidad. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 39, 219-222.
7. Dixon, J.R., Mercolli, C. & Yanosky, A.A. (1995). Some aspects of the ecology of Pseudis paradoxa from Northeastern Argentina. Herpetological Review 26, 183-185.
8. Downie, J.R., Bryce, R. & Smith, J. (2004). Metamorphic duration: an under-studied variable in frog life histories. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83, 261-272.
9. Downie, J.R., Robinson, E., Linklater-McLennan, R.J, Somerville, E. & Kamenos, N. (2005). Are there costs to extended larval transport in the Trinidadian stream frog, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae)? Journal of Natural History 39, 2023-2034.
10. Downie, J.R., Sams, K. & Walsh, P.T. (2009). The paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa: larval anatomical characteristics, including gonadal maturation. Herpetological Journal 19, 1-10.
11. Downie, J.R. & Weir, A. (1997). Developmental arrest in Leptodactylus fuscus tadpoles (Anura: Leptodactylidae).iii: Effect of length of arrest period on growth potential. Herpetological Journal 7, 85-92.
12. Duré, M.I. & Kehr, A.I. (2001). Differential exploitation of trophic resources by two pseudid frogs from Corrientes,Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 34, 340-343.
13. Emerson, S.B. (1988). The giant tadpole of Pseudis paradoxa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 34, 93-104.
14. Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheeler, W.C. (2005). Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294, 1-240.
15. Frost, D.R. (2008). Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference, Version 5.2 (28 August, 2008).Electronic database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php.New York: American Museum of Natural History.
16. Gallardo, J.M. (1961). On the species of Pseudidae (Amphibia, Anura). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 125, 111-134.
17. Garda, A.A., Costa, G.C., Colli, G.R. & Báo, S.N. (2004).Spermatozoa of Pseudinae (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae), with a test of the hypothesis that sperm ultrastructure correlates with reproductive modes in anurans. Journal of Morphology 261, 196-205.
18. Garman, S.W. (1877). Pseudis, 'the paradoxical frog'.American Naturalist 9, 587-591.
19. Gosner, K.L. (1960). A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica 16, 183-190.
20. Kenny, J.S. (1966). On the behaviour of Pseudis paradoxa tadpoles. Biological Journal, University of the West Indies 1, 11-15.
21. Kenny, J.S. (1969). The amphibia of Trinidad. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 29, 1-78.
22. Kenny, J.S. (1977). The amphibia of Trinidad: an addendum. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 51, 92-95.
23. Kopp, K., Wachlevski, M. & Eterovick, P.C. (2006).Environmental complexity reduces tadpole predation by water bugs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84, 136-140.
24. McDiarmid, R.W. & Altig, R. (1999). Introduction: the tadpole arena. In Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae, 1-6. McDiarmid, R.W. & Altig, R. (eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
25. Murphy, J.C. (1997). Amphibians and Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Florida: Krieger Publishing Co.
26. Phillip, D.A.T. & Ramnarine, I.W. (2001). An Illustrated Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad: University of the West Indies.
27. Rose, C.S. (2005). Integrating ecology and developmental biology to explain the timing of frog metamorphosis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20, 129-135.
28. Ruxton, G.D., Sherratt, T.N. & Speed, M.P. (2004).Avoiding Attack: the Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis,Warning Signals and Mimicry. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
29. Smith, G.R. & Doupnik, B.L. (2005). Habitat use and activity level of large American bullfrog tadpoles: choices and repeatability. Amphibia-Reptilia 26, 549-552.
30. Teixeira, R.L., Vrcibradic, D. & Schineider, J.A.P. (2004). Food habits and ecology of Pseudis boldodactyla (Anura: Pseudidae) from a flood plain in south-east Brazil. Herpetological Journal 14, 153-155.
31. Tinsley, R.C., Loumont, C. & Kobel, H.R. (1996).Geographical distribution and ecology. In The Biology of Xenopus, 35-59. Tinsley, R.C. & Kobel, H.R. (eds). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
32. Vorburger, C. (2001). Testing for differences in larval life- history traits between male and female Rana ridibunda. Herpetologica 57, 133-138.
33. Wagler, J. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien. München: J.G. Cotta. Walls, J.G. (1996). Pseudis: the paradoxical frogs. Reptile Hobbyist 1(6), 80-85.
34. Wassersug, R.J. (1975). The adaptive significance of the tadpole stage with comments on the maintenance of complex life cycles in anurans. American Zoologist 15, 405-417.
35. Werner, E.E. (1986). Amphibian metamorphosis: growth rate, predation risk and the optimal size at transformation. American Naturalist 128, 319-341.
36. Wilbur, H.M. & Collins, J.P. (1973). Ecological aspects of amphibian metamorphosis. Science 182, 1305-1314.