... 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...

... of the Amphibia . Dover Publications . Phillips , J. R. , Hewes , A. E. and Schwenk , K. ( 2020 ). The mechanics of air breathing in gray tree frog tadpoles, Hyla versicolor (Anura: Hylidae) . J. Exp. Biol. 223 , 1 - 10 . 10.1242/jeb.219311 Presnell , J. K...

... humans ( Douglas and Marshall, 1999 ). Anura Bufonidae Light transmittance Lens Ranidae Spectral sensitivity 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...

... compensatory movements of Anura in an ecomorphological context, revealing elevated compensatory abilities in the Natatanura clade that could provide a gyroscopic advantage. Anura Ecomorphology Compensatory movement Locomotion Terrestrial vertebrates have to manage gaze stabilization during...

.... ( 1996 ). Hopping and swimming in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens: I. Step cycles and kinematics . J. Morphol.   230 , 1 - 16 . Prikryl   T. , Aerts   P. , Havelková   P. , Herrel   A. , Rocek   Z. ( 2009 ). Pelvic and thigh musculature in frogs (Anura) and origin of anuran...

... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Anura chemical communication amplexin Ly-6/uPAR protein family three-finger motif As with many animal taxa, amphibians are expected to make extensive use of chemical communication during courtship and reproduction. In salamanders (Urodela), several...

... . Faivovich   J. ( 2002 ). A cladistics analysis of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) . Cladistics   18 , 367 - 393 . Felsenstein   J. ( 2004 ). PHYLIP (Phylogeny Inference Package) Version 3.69 . Seattle, WA : Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington . Felsenstein   J. ( 2008...

... 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...

... across which male X. laevis label two female calls: 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...

... ancestor. * 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 structure and function have often used frogs as model organisms...

...@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...

...@ua.ac.be ) 12 1 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 locomotion swimming frog Rana esculenta Anura hind limb DPIV force Much of what we know about animal locomotion is derived from studies that examined animals moving within single, homogeneous environments...

... the primary tongue-based swallowing mechanism. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: robblevine@mac.com ) 19 1 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 eye retraction swallowing feeding frog Rana pipiens Anura denervation retractor bulbi biomechanics...

.... and Trites, A. W. ( 2000 ). Hydrodynamic drag in steller sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus ). J. Exp. Zool. 203 , 1915 -1923. Trueb, L. ( 1996 ). Historical constraints and morphological novelties in the evolution of the skeletal system of pipid frogs(Anura: Pipidae). In The Biology of Xenopus (ed. R...