... of Biologists Ltd 2022 Summary: Plant vibrations excited by frog calls prove highly important to the function of those calls. Sexual selection Animal communication Multimodal Substrate vibration Biotremology Anura Smithsonian Institution http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000014...

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.../ Summary: The transmittance properties of the ocular media affect sensitivity to visual stimuli. Among frogs, the lenses of ranids are less transmissive than those of bufonids, decreasing sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Anura Bufonidae Light transmittance Lens Ranidae Spectral sensitivity...

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...., P.A. and A.H. performed the kinematic analysis. Competing interests The authors declare no competing financial interests. 21 6 2014 16 8 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Anura Kinematics Locomotion Swimming Frog locomotion has...

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... endurance swimming jumping frog climate change Silurana Anura Amphibians are pertinent model taxa with which to investigate the effects of climate change as their physiological performance is highly thermally dependent ( Navas et al., 2008 ; Wilson and Franklin, 2000 ; Wilson et al., 2000...

... Myobatrachidae Anura amphibian Anuran amphibians reproduce in highly diverse ways, including depositing eggs in terrestrial nests ( Altig and Johnston, 1989 ). In terrestrial breeding species without parental care, selection of nest sites with adequate water availability is critical, as eggs lose water...

...: the fertility call rapping and the release call ticking. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: taffeta@berkeley.edu ) 10 6 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 anura auditory discrimination categorical perception frog vocal communication Xenopus Vocal...

... of the northern leopard frog Rana pipiens. Can. J. Zool . 70 , 670 -674. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: sepeters@email.uncc.edu ) 20 6 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 muscle anura amplexus Bufo marinus Rana catesbeiana Studies of muscle...

...@mail.uri.edu ) 3 11 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 locomotion anura frog Rana esculenta ground reaction force jumping spring-dashpot model The approach to quantifying terrestrial locomotor performance in adult anurans has thus far been based on (1...

... for correspondence (e-mail: sandra.nauwelaerts@ua.ac.be ) 12 1 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 locomotion swimming frog Rana esculenta Anura hind limb DPIV force Stick figures of the foot ( Fig. 2 ) show a consistent pattern within both the horizontal...

..., this hypothesis has never been tested. The mechanism by which eye retraction might aid swallowing is stated charmingly in the following passage from Mary Dickerson's The Frog Book ( Dickerson, 1906 ; pp. 82-83): eye retraction swallowing feeding frog Rana pipiens Anura denervation retractor...

... Xenopus might be very helpful. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: sandran@uia.ua.ac.be ) 21 8 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 locomotion Anura frog Rana esculenta kinematics swimming jumping Animal locomotion is far from stereotyped. Animals...