The nuptial pad is a secondary sexual character found in anuran amphibians. It includes
modified epidermal and dermal tissues and is usually located on the first digit of the hand of …

We describe the structure and histochemistry of mental and lateral glands in a
representative array of 28 species of five genera of the Neotropical hylid frog tribe …

Two new species of Myersiohyla are described from the 1984–1985 Cerro de la Neblina
Expedition in southern Venezuela, together with notes on the genus and a test of its …

Many animals exchange chemicals during courtship and mating. In some amphibians,
sexual chemical communication is mediated by pheromones produced in male breeding …

Chemical signaling in animals often plays a central role in eliciting a variety of responses
during reproductive interactions between males and females. One of the best-known …

In this paper we present information on fluorescent frogs that will be of use to interested
researchers. We describe practical details and provide new data on the phenomenon in …

We describe a new species of the Scinax catharinae Group from Municipality of Porto
Seguro, State of Bahia northeastern Brazil. The new species is mainly characterized by its …

Skin glands in amphibians are either distributed throughout the skin or aggregated in
multiglandular structures such as the parotoids typical of most species of Bufonidae …

Chemical defenses in amphibians are a common antipredatory and antimicrobial strategy
related to the presence of dermal glands that synthesize and store toxic or unpalatable …

Caudal courtship glands (CCGs) are sexually dimorphic glands described in the skin of the
dorsal tail base of some male salamanders in the genera Desmognathus, Eurycea, and …