The ‘silent’ half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations DOI Creative Commons
Erika M. Santana, Angela M. Mendoza‐Henao, Johana Goyes Vallejos

et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 292(2047)

Published: May 1, 2025

Anuran vocalizations are crucial for species recognition and social interactions, particularly in reproduction. Historically, research has focused almost exclusively on male calls, leading to a male-biased perspective anuran bioacoustics. Female calls have been often neglected due their softness, making them difficult detect. This review provides an overview of female calling behaviour anurans, addressing critical gap frog bioacoustics sexual selection. Specifically, we aim (i) provide the current state knowledge frogs, (ii) propose standardized classification call types, (iii) identify general patterns challenges, (iv) recommend best practices, (v) highlight areas further exploration. Our literature indicates that documented 112 across 53 genera 29 families, representing approximately 1.43% all described species. However, most descriptions anecdotal or purely descriptive, with few functional analyses. findings underscore widespread but largely overlooked presence females anurans. Expanding our efforts will improve understanding communication. We hope this motivates researchers consider frogs future behavioural, ecological evolutionary studies.

Language: Английский

The ‘silent’ half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations DOI Creative Commons
Erika M. Santana, Angela M. Mendoza‐Henao, Johana Goyes Vallejos

et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 292(2047)

Published: May 1, 2025

Anuran vocalizations are crucial for species recognition and social interactions, particularly in reproduction. Historically, research has focused almost exclusively on male calls, leading to a male-biased perspective anuran bioacoustics. Female calls have been often neglected due their softness, making them difficult detect. This review provides an overview of female calling behaviour anurans, addressing critical gap frog bioacoustics sexual selection. Specifically, we aim (i) provide the current state knowledge frogs, (ii) propose standardized classification call types, (iii) identify general patterns challenges, (iv) recommend best practices, (v) highlight areas further exploration. Our literature indicates that documented 112 across 53 genera 29 families, representing approximately 1.43% all described species. However, most descriptions anecdotal or purely descriptive, with few functional analyses. findings underscore widespread but largely overlooked presence females anurans. Expanding our efforts will improve understanding communication. We hope this motivates researchers consider frogs future behavioural, ecological evolutionary studies.

Language: Английский

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