Sounds of the northern Andes: the calls of a diverse and endangered frog community (Amphibia, Anura) from Ecuador.

ABSTRACT: The emission of calls is one of the most distinctive and important reproductive traits in anurans. Given the biological significance of vocalizations, this trait is also useful for identification proposes and is key in recognizing cryptic diversity. However, the majority of the calls from tropical ecosystems, especially in the high Andean mountains, are unknown. Between 2016 and 2021, a total of 14 expeditions were conducted to the forests and moorlands of the eastern and western Andean Mountain range of the province of Carchi-Ecuador, at elevations ranging from 2694 to 3848 m a.s.l. The objective of these expeditions was to record the calls of the anuran fauna present in these ecosystems. In total, 30 anuran species were recorded, and calls of 20 species were described, 15 of which are de

SUBMITTER: Batallas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803416 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature