The sexual behavior of Anura. 5, Oviposition in the green frog, Rana clamitans, and the bull frog, Rana catesbeiana

Title Variants

Alternative: Oviposition in Rana clamitans and catesbeiana
Alternative: Oviposition in the green frog, Rana clamitans, and the bull frog, Rana catesbeiana

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1224

By

Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York City, The American Museum of Natural History, [1943]

Notes

Title from caption.

"April 8, 1943."

"The green frogs used for this investigation were collected in the vicinity of Middle Village, Long Island, and Liberty, New York ... bull frogs were collected at Pine Plains, New York."

"The oviposition behavior of the green frog, Rana clamitans, and the bull frog, Rana catesbeiana, induced by injections of homoplastic anterior pituitaries and witnessed in a laboratory habitat, is described. A possible course of evolution from the plinth type of spawning to the surface film type is discussed"--P. 6.

Subjects

59.78R:15.6 , Amphibians , Anura , Behavior , Bullfrog , Frogs , Green frog , New York (State) , Reproduction , Sexual behavior in animals

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1224, 1943

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31842655