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Title
Unusual amplexus in Dendropsophus columbianus (Anura: Hylidae)
Author(s)
Gómez-Hoyos, D.A.;Marín-Gómez, O.H.;Guerrero, J.V.
Published
2012
Publisher
Herpetology Notes
Abstract
Several species of tropical frogs that breed in water habitats form explosive mating aggregations after heavy rains, particularly those from the families Hylidae and Bufonidae (Wells, 2007). During those mating events, unusual amplexus can take place, including multiple amplexus, amplexus between males, amplexus between alive males and dead females (necrogamy), interspecific amplexus, and even amplexus with inanimate objects (Mollov et al., 2010). Abnormal cases of amplexus have been mostly documented for anurans in temperate regions and little information is available for tropical species (Tovar-Rodríguez et al., 2009; Machado and Bernarde, 2011). Herein we document the first record of abnormal amplexus in Dendropsophus columbianus (Boettger, 1982).
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