![]() ![]() This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: A. ![]() Received: SeptemAccepted: NovemPublished: February 7, 2014Ĭopyright: © 2014 Thomas et al. PLoS ONE 9(2):Įditor: Alan McElligott, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom We discuss our findings in relation to previous work on vocal behavior in other fossorial frogs and in sooglossid frogs.Ĭitation: Thomas A, Suyesh R, Biju SD, Bee MA (2014) Vocal Behavior of the Elusive Purple Frog of India ( Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), a Fossorial Species Endemic to the Western Ghats. Field observations and recordings of captive individuals indicated that males engaged in both antiphonal calling and call overlap with nearby calling neighbors. Few of the properties we measured were related to temperature, body size, or condition, though there was little variation in temperature. The patterns of variation within and among individuals were typical of those seen in other frogs. The frequency content of the call consisted of a single dominant peak between 1200–1300 Hz and there was no frequency modulation. Vocalizations were organized into distinct call groups typically composed of two to six short (59 ms), pulsatile calls, each consisting of about five to seven pulses produced at a rate of about 106 pulses/s. In this study, we quantified 19 acoustic properties of 208 calls recorded from 10 males. The role of vocalizations in the behavior of this unique species poses interesting questions, as the animal is fossorial and potentially earless and it breeds explosively above the soil for only about two weeks a year. As the only known species in its family (Nasikabatrachidae), it has ancient evolutionary ties to frogs restricted to the Seychelles archipelago (Sooglossidae). sahyadrensis is an endangered species endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Commonly known as the Indian purple frog, N. The goal of this study was to provide the first acoustical and statistical analysis of the advertisement calls of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis. Hopefully he is on the mend and will survive.Quantitative descriptions of animal vocalizations can inform an understanding of their evolutionary functions, the mechanisms for their production and perception, and their potential utility in taxonomy, population monitoring, and conservation. He is looking quite a bit better today and was a lot more normal when he was being handled by the vet. This is news to me and have never noticed it before? He said it was the pelvic bone which is worrying (hoping it isn't mbd) but he said it could of been a fall or from when he was flipping onto his back last night. His biggest concern though, which I hadn't noticed was an uneven lump on his back. The vet did find some shed and has now pulled it off (most was on his belly/legs) Either he or she will ring me later and tell me what I need to do and will be posting out any meds needed for him (if that's what they decide is needed) I'm on my way back from the vets now and he's not given me anything but is consulting with a vet nurse who keeps these and has seen others with the same problem and has got them back to health. The cool end is around 22oc as my room is quite warm from other reptiles, hope this is ok. He doesn't really go near it and was in a 90x45x45 so can easily get away from the heat. I know it doesnt look like it has happened over night but I assure you i've been checking him every single night as he hasnt eaten (atleast his skin looking like this) I really did think it was a bad shed or something as I haven't witnessed one before and it was so sudden.Īs far as I'm aware it has been a week but with live food you can never tell so it could of been longer?Īs for bacterial infection, that's what I thought but how would this explain him flipping over and twitching? that sounds something much more serious than a bacterial infection?Īs I said he's in a clean viv for now with paper towel substrate and everything was scrubbed and cleaned. He was in a exo terra 90x45x45 with a heatmat at 30oc on one side (the opposite side to which he hangs out at) and I just spray every night to keep humidity up The vets will be rung today and I will ask my mum to take me up there He has made it through the night but has only moved slightly. ![]() Sorry I haven't replied till now, I had to go to bed as I was just worrying myself sick and wasn't having any replies. ![]()
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