Physalaemus erikae Cruz & Pimenta, 2004

Hepp, Fábio & Pombal, José P., 2020, Review of bioacoustical traits in the genus Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae), Zootaxa 4725 (1), pp. 1-106 : 61

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4725.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B137F19A-2C50-476C-8F13-4F049253B361

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583616

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D435E640-FFCD-FFF1-BE8B-FCE6FE29FE41

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Physalaemus erikae Cruz & Pimenta, 2004
status

 

Physalaemus erikae Cruz & Pimenta, 2004

We found a single call type for the species, referred to as call A. The call is composed of a single harmonic note. It has a general downward FM throughout the call but with an up-downward FM segment in the first sixth of the call duration.

Call A ( Fig. 29 View FIGURE 29 A–H and 24F). We examined two recordings, a total of four minutes, with 37 calls from four males. Only some of these calls were measured (see Table 2 View TABLE 2 ). Call duration varies from 0.478 to 0.566 s. The limits between the call rise, sustain, and call fall are not clear (mainly in calls with elliptic envelope, see Fig. 29C, D View FIGURE 29 ). When perceptible, the call rise and fall can be similar in duration, or fall shorter than rise. Usually, call rise has an exponential shape, whereas call fall has a logarithmic shape. When present, the sustain is irregular, usually with short and very shallow amplitude valleys ( Fig. 29A, E View FIGURE 29 ). The amplitude peak is at around the middle of the call duration. The envelope of the call varies from elliptic ( Fig. 29C, D, E View FIGURE 29 ) to slightly rectangular (when flat sustains are present; Fig. 29A View FIGURE 29 ). More than 50 % of the call energy is concentrated in 30 % of the call duration around the amplitude peak. There is no PAM in the call. The call has a harmonic series ( Fig. 24F View FIGURE 24 ). The fundamental frequency is ca. 420 Hz and approximately the first eight harmonics are emphasized. The wave periods are regular and harmonics are clear throughout the call. The dominant frequency varies from ca. 2840 to 2890 Hz ( Fig. 29B View FIGURE 29 ). The dominant harmonic varies from the first to the seventh. There is a clear shift in the relative energy among bands; the dominant frequency gets higher toward the end of the call, starting at the first harmonic and ending at the seventh ( Fig. 24F View FIGURE 24 , 29B, F, G, H View FIGURE 29 ). Most of the call energy is between 650 and 3450 Hz (five to six harmonics). The call has a general downward FM ( Fig. 29B, F, G, H View FIGURE 29 ). Additionally, the calls have an up-downward FM in the first sixth of the call duration, yielding arc-shaped bands in this part of the call, and a short downward FM at the end ( Fig. 29B, F, G, H View FIGURE 29 ). The general downward FM and the initial up-downward FM result in S-shaped harmonics when considering the entire call. There is no PFM.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Leiuperidae

Genus

Physalaemus

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF