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Ultrasonic communication in frogs

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  • Albert S. Feng

    (University of Illinois
    University of Illinois)

  • Peter M. Narins

    (University of California
    University of California)

  • Chun-He Xu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wen-Yu Lin

    (University of Illinois
    University of Illinois)

  • Zu-Lin Yu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qiang Qiu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhi-Min Xu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jun-Xian Shen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Raising The Tone Some bats, dolphins and rodents are notable among vertebrates in being able to produce and detect ultrasonic frequencies. Now for the first time an amphibian can be added to that select list. The spectacular bird-like sounds made by a type of Chinese torrent frog were known to edge into the ultrasonic range: now these frogs are shown to use ultrasonics as a form of communication. The males do at least, during competition for territory. Frogs are a long way, evolutionarily speaking, from the other known users of ultrasonics so this ability seems to have evolved independently several times. It is possible, too, that many other species are chatting away in the ultrasonic waveband, but that nobody has looked for them.

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  • Albert S. Feng & Peter M. Narins & Chun-He Xu & Wen-Yu Lin & Zu-Lin Yu & Qiang Qiu & Zhi-Min Xu & Jun-Xian Shen, 2006. "Ultrasonic communication in frogs," Nature, Nature, vol. 440(7082), pages 333-336, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:440:y:2006:i:7082:d:10.1038_nature04416
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04416
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    1. Ikkyu Aihara & Emyo Fujioka & Shizuko Hiryu, 2013. "Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of the Echolocation Strategies of Bats on the Basis of Mathematical Modelling and Laboratory Experiments," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(7), pages 1-8, July.
    2. Mario Gallego-Abenza & Nicolas Mathevon & David Wheatcroft & Ulrika Candolin, 2020. "Experience modulates an insect’s response to anthropogenic noise," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 31(1), pages 90-96.

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