The advertisement call of Chiasmocleis bassleri is described from Aripuanã, northwestern State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The call consists of many short multipulsed notes (3 to 6 pulses), emitted sporadically, with a mean duration of 0.059 s, the dominant frequency presenting a mean value of 3268.66 Hz, and interval between notes 0.042 s to 0.128 s. The acoustic parameters in the advertisement call of C. bassleri are intermediate among the calls described for other species in the genus.
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1 December 2009
The Advertisement Call of Chiasmocleis bassleri (Anura, Microhylidae) from Southern Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Diego José Santana,
Anathielle Caroline Sant'Anna,
Vinícius De Avelar São-Pedro,
Renato Neves Feio
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South American Journal of Herpetology
Vol. 4 • No. 3
December 2009
Vol. 4 • No. 3
December 2009
Advertisement call
Brazilian Amazon
Chiasmocleis bassleri
taxonomy