KURAMOTO & JOSHY— CALLS OF INDIAN I ROGS 



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Tahi.i; 2. 





characlci islics 



of 



1 1 1 c mil 



li iioic l\'pc aclvcrtiscmcni ca 



K ol / . syhadrensis 



(mean ' SI)). 

















1 ocalily 



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II Jill ,il loll 



Nil 



. lioU's 



Doni. 1 n.-t|iiL-iic_\ 



1 Lllip. 















(kHz) 







Kadi i 



8 1 



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1 1 



4+2.9 



3.79+0.04 



27°C 



1 June 2000 



Hhalkal 



6 1 



21 O.U 



17 



S-4.(i 



3.83+0.07 



27 °C 



26 June 2000 



differed i cmai kalil\ lioin (luisc ol /. Iiiii- 

 nochiiiis ami /. cl. A (7(//(7/s/s . I he larvae 

 were bolloiii dwellers and \ei\ siaiioiiary. 

 Wiieii ihey nuned ilie\ swam \ei"\ quick!).'. 



Diihois (l'J75) reptnled calls o\' I., w/uui- 

 rctisis Imin Nepal which lesembleel ihe 

 calls ol / . liinnoi'lui/is and dilTered siynili- 

 caiilly lioin ihe present lesiills. In ihe 

 Nepal |iopiilal ion , nole len.L'ih \aiiei.l lYoni 

 0.06 lo 0.12 sec, hul was neai!\ consiani 

 wilhiii a call. Comparci-l wiiii ihe bod\ 

 sizes ol' ihe i\pe siieciniens liom Bombay 

 (SVI 2" mm in male and .>1..^ mm in 

 lemale; Xmiandale, P)P)) and specimens 

 I i om \eiial ( 2S , ^ mm m male and 

 3.1.7 mm m lemale; Dubois, P^'^.s)^ ail om 

 spceinieiis were imicii smallei (less ilian 

 20 mm. N=17 including both se.xes). These 

 remarkable dilierences strongly suggest 

 ihe need ol ia\t)nomic reexamination of 

 "7. s i7;(/r//(7;s(A'" ok soui h India. 



1 iidii ana semip.ilmaia 

 riie calls ol I ills I l ogs were recordetl 

 in Madikeri on ^0 June 1999 at 22 C . 



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FiCi. 6. An advertisement call of Iniliruna 

 seniipalniulu recorded in Madikeri at 22'C (.A) 

 and an advertisement call of Nyciihairuclius 

 major recorded in Talagini al 23 C (B). 



This frog emilied calls consisting of a 

 single noie wiih a mean length of 

 0.1. ''^ sec and a domin.mt freciuency band 

 at about 1.59 kH/ (N=13. Fig. 6.^). 

 Conspicuous frequency modulation was 

 observed. 



Kadadevaru et al. (2000) described the 

 acoustic characteristics of /. hcddomii. 

 Ihe call duration of /. hcddomii 

 (0.12 sec) is nearly the same as in /. semi- 

 paliiiata, but ihe call of /. hcddomii 



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Fill. 5. Mulli note advcrliscmcni call (.-V) and long iii'' 

 syfuidrcmix recorded in Kadri al 27 C" and in Padil al 24 * 



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7. 



• clU call lUi oi i iinnoitf\ fa 



