Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)

T Grant, M Rada, M Anganoy-Criollo, A Batista… - South American Journal …, 2017 - BioOne
Despite the impressive growth of knowledge on the phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison
frogs and their relatives (Dendrobatoidea) over the past decade, many problems remain to …

Aposematism facilitates the diversification of parental care strategies in poison frogs

JD Carvajal-Castro, F Vargas-Salinas… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Many organisms have evolved adaptations to increase the odds of survival of their offspring.
Parental care has evolved several times in animals including ectotherms. In amphibians …

Evolutionary causes and consequences of sequential polyandry in anuran amphibians

PG Byrne, JD Roberts - Biological Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Among anuran amphibians (frogs and toads), there are two types of polyandry:
simultaneous polyandry, where sperm from multiple males compete to fertilize eggs, and …

Tadpole transport logistics in a Neotropical poison frog: indications for strategic planning and adaptive plasticity in anuran parental care

E Ringler, A Pašukonis, W Hödl, M Ringler - Frontiers in Zoology, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Individuals should aim to adjust their parental behaviours in order to maximize
the success of their offspring but minimize associated costs. Plasticity in parental care is well …

[HTML][HTML] The significance of spatial memory for water finding in a tadpole-transporting frog

A Pašukonis, K Trenkwalder, M Ringler, E Ringler… - Animal behaviour, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to associate environmental cues with valuable resources strongly increases the
chances of finding them again, and thus memory often guides animal movement. For …

Flexible compensation of uniparental care: female poison frogs take over when males disappear

E Ringler, A Pašukonis, WT Fitch, L Huber… - Behavioral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Parental care systems are shaped by costs and benefits to each sex of investing into current
versus future progeny. Flexible compensatory parental care is mainly known in biparental …

Sophisticated Communication in the Brazilian Torrent Frog Hylodes japi

FP de Sa, J Zina, CFB Haddad - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Intraspecific communication in frogs plays an important role in the recognition of
conspecifics in general and of potential rivals or mates in particular and therefore with …

Odor cues rather than personality affect tadpole deposition in a neotropical poison frog

M Peignier, M Ringler, E Ringler - Current zoology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Animals constantly need to evaluate available external and internal information to make
appropriate decisions. Identifying, assessing, and acting on relevant cues in contexts such …

Personality traits differentially affect components of reproductive success in a Neotropical poison frog

M Peignier, YG Araya-Ajoy… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Individual reproductive success has several components, including the acquisition of mating
partners, offspring production, and offspring survival until adulthood. While the effects of …

Conspicuousness, color resemblance, and toxicity in geographically diverging mimicry: The pan-Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis

A Amézquita, Ó Ramos, MC González, C Rodríguez… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Predation risk is allegedly reduced in Batesian and Müllerian mimics, because their
coloration resembles the conspicuous coloration of unpalatable prey. The efficacy of mimicry …