Reproductive Behavior and Underwater Calls in the Emei Mustache Toad,Leptobrachium boringii

查看全文 作　　者：Yuchi [1,2]ZHENG;Dingqi [3]RAO;Robert [3,4]W.MURPHY;Xiaomao [1]ZENG

机构地区：[1]Department of Herpetology,Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences;[2]Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences;[3]State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences;[4]Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology,Royal Ontario Museum,100 Queen’s Park,Toronto M5S 2C6,Ontario,Canada

出　　处：《Asian Herpetological Research》索引2011年第2卷第4期,共17页

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(NSFC-30870278,NSFC-30900134);Chinese Academy of Sciences(08B3031100,09C3011100,KSCX-SW-119,KSCX2-YW-Z-0906,KSCX2-EW-J-22) 摘　　要：The Emei mustache toad,Leptobrachium boringii(Megophryidae),is terrestrial but breeds in permanent streams.Primarily,it has a polygynous mating system and polyandry also occurs.The species vigorously defends submerged nest sites.We report on a reproductive study at Mt.Emei,western China conducted in 2004,2006,2007,2009,and 2011 during the breeding season.Males produce both advertisement and courtship calls underwater,and the latter differs from the former in having an additional trill-like last note of low intensity.Females might determine the oviposition location and hence the egg mass location.A low,submissive posture can be adopted by the male to avoid being attacked by other males.When fi ghting,the maxillary nuptial spines are employed as weapons,and males hold their opponents on their spines with the forelimbs that enlarge during the breeding season.Male body size and the quantity of fi ght wounds on its ventral side are positively correlated.Satellite male mating might exist in L.boringii.Additionally,underwater calls from another population of this species and a population of L.leishanense generally are similar to those of the population from Mt.Emei. 关键词：生殖行为峨眉山角蟾科水下中国西部地区交配系统繁殖季节男性

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