Take time to smell the frogs: vocal sac glands of reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) contain species-specific chemical cocktails
Open Access
- 24 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Vol. 110 (4) , 828-838
Abstract
Males of all reed frog species (Anura: Hyperoliidae) have a prominent, often colourful, gular patch on their vocal sac, which is particularly conspicKeywords
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