An unusual reproductive mode in Hypsiboas (Anura: Hylidae)
Ribeiro de Moura, Mário; Paula Motta, Ana; Neves Feio, Renato.
Zoologia (Curitiba);
28(1)2011.
Artigo
em Inglês
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Resumo
We report an unusual reproductive behavior of Hypsiboas pardalis (Spix, 1824). Species belonging to this genus usually are known to reproduce in lentic water bodies, with the development of exotrophic tadpoles. Herein, the bromeligenous behavior is reported for the first time in Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830. Although this reproductive behavior has been observed more than once here, we believe that it is not typical of Hypsiboas, being better characterized as an unusual reproductive mode for Hypsiboas, indicating the presence of plasticity in the reproductive modes of H. pardalis
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BR68.1
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