OBSERVATIONS ON THE ADVERTISEMENT CALL OF THE TILARAN ROBBER FROG Craugastor mimus (ANURA: CRAUGASTORIDAE) IN COSTA RICA

Génesis Rodríguez-Naranjo; Claudia Gómez-Campos; Jefrie Hernández-Sánchez; Juan Gabriel Abarca Alvarado

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.930

Authors

Génesis Rodríguez-Naranjo
Claudia Gómez-Campos
Jefrie Hernández-Sánchez
Juan Gabriel Abarca Alvarado Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.930

Keywords:

anurans, C. laticeps, leaf-litter frogs, rainforest, vocalization

Abstract

We report for the first time an advertisement call of Craugastor mimus, which consists of a short and weak tonal note, without modulated frequency, like a “pip” sound, emitted every four to nine seconds. The report of this advertising call in C. mimus confirms that, in Costa Rica, all species in the C. laticeps species group can produce vocalizations, despite the absence of vocal sacs and vocal slits.

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