caa a22 4500 477076033 CHVBK 20180405111438.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02514965 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02514965 Reproductive behavior of the Japanese treefrog, Rhacophorus arboreus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) [Elektronische Daten] [Eiiti Kasuya, Mariko Hirota, Hideko Shigehara] Reproductive behavior of the foam-nesting treefrog,Rhacophorus arboreus, is described. Oviposition was made either by an amplectant pair (a female, and an amplectant male) alone or by an amplectant pair and other males (joiners). The snout-vent length of males and females was negatively correlated with the date of the first appearance in the pond. The period of staying in the pond in males was longer than that in females. Physical body contacts of other males, and encounter calls by ampletant males were frequently observed before oviposition with joiners. Snout-vent length of the female and an amplectant male were positively correlated. Encounter calls by amplectant males were likely to precede movement of females. There was no difference of snout-vent length between amplectant males and joiners. Females moved the hindlimbs more frequently than males during oviposition. Amplectant males made encounter cells more frequently in oviposition with joiners, than oviposition without joiners. The patterns of transitions between acts of females and amplectant males were similar between oviposition with and without joiners. Females more frequently responded to amplectant males than joiners. Both the duration of a bout of the movements of hindlimbs of females and the interval between the bouts were longer in oviposition without joiners than that with joiners. The number of the movements per bout in oviposition without joiners was smaller than that with joiners. Encounter calls by amplectant males during oviposition tended to precede the hindlimb movements of females. Society of Population Ecology, 1996 mating behavior nationallicence anuran nationallicence foam nest nationallicence Rhacophorus arboreus nationallicence Kasuya Eiiti Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 812-81, Fukuoka, Japan aut Hirota Mariko Laboratory of Biology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarasi, 950-21, Niigata City, Japan aut Shigehara Hideko Laboratory of Biology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarasi, 950-21, Niigata City, Japan aut Researches on Population Ecology Springer-Verlag 38/1(1996-06-01), 1-10 0034-5466 38:1<1 1996 38 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514965 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514965 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kasuya Eiiti Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 812-81, Fukuoka, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hirota Mariko Laboratory of Biology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarasi, 950-21, Niigata City, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shigehara Hideko Laboratory of Biology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarasi, 950-21, Niigata City, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Researches on Population Ecology Springer-Verlag 38/1(1996-06-01), 1-10 0034-5466 38:1<1 1996 38 10144 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer