Reproductive ecology of anuran amphibians: an evolutionary perspective

• Grant number: 09/12013-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Cynthia Peralta de Almeida Prado
• Grantee: Cynthia Peralta de Almeida Prado
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Jaboticabal
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/06228-0 - Genetic, morphological and acoustic diversification in populations of an anuran endemic to the Serra da Canastra, Brazil, BP.DR; 11/00507-2 - Richness, spatial and temporal distribution of anurans of a rocky montane meadow area in southwest Minas Gerais state, BP.IC

Abstract

Life history traits directly affect reproduction and survivorship of organisms. The complexity and interest in life history evolution are due to the fact that organisms exhibit different combinations among these trais, which in turn affect fitness. Amphibians, because the alternance, in general, between a larval aquatic phase and a terrestrial adult one, and because the strict dependence on abiotic factors, form an interesting group to study life history. This project focus on the reproductive strategies exhibited by anuran amphibians from different biomes, involving the study of reproductive behaviors, mating systems and alternative tactics, sexual size dimorphism, reproductive trade-offs (clutch and egg size), reproductive investment, and sexual selection. The strategies will be described and compared among populations, species with different ecologies, and among lineages. The reproductive strategies will be studied in an evolutionary context and to achieve the goals molecular markers and phylogenetic comparative methods will be used. An increase in our knowledge on amphibian biology may enhance our comprehension about the mechanisms of natural selection and evolution. Furthermore, new hypotheses may arise, which can be tested in comparative studies involving other taxa. (AU)

Scientific publications

(31)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; BELL, RAYNA C.; NALI, RENATO C.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Polyandry, Predation, and the Evolution of Frog Reproductive Modes. American Naturalist, v. 188, n. 1, p. S41-S61, SEP 2016. (09/12013-4, 13/50741-7, 12/06228-0)

SALLES, NATALIA M. E.; ZARA, FERNANDO J.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Differences in sperm morphology in foam-nesting leptodactyline frogs (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Acta Zoologica, v. 98, n. 1, p. 1-12, JAN 2017. (09/12013-4, 10/50188-8)

NALI, RENATO C.; TURIN, RUBENS A. F.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. The courtship call of Bokermannohyla ibitiguara (Anura: Hylidae) and details of its mating behavior. CALDASIA, v. 44, n. 2, p. 8-pg., 2022-05-01. (12/06228-0, 09/12013-4)

FAGGIONI, GABRIEL; SOUZA, FRANCO; UETANABARO, MASAO; LANDGREF-FILHO, PAULO; FURMAN, JOE; PRADO, CYNTHIA. Reproductive biology of the nest building vizcacheras frog Leptodactylus bufonius (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae), including a description of unusual courtship behaviour. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, v. 27, n. 1, p. 73-80, JAN 2017. (09/12013-4)

BORGES, MARILIA M.; NALI, RENATO C.; FIORILLO, BRUNO F.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Site fidelity, reproductive behavior and investment in the Brazilian Reticulate Leaf Frog, Pithecopus ayeaye LUTZ, 1966 (Anura: Phyllomedusidae). HERPETOZOA, v. 31, n. 1-2, p. 61-68, AUG 30 2018. (11/00507-2, 12/06228-0, 10/03656-6, 17/20299-1, 09/12013-4)

PUPIN, NADYA C.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Maternal provisioning by foam-nesting frogs of the genus Physalaemus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in contrasting environments. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 39, n. 1, p. 120-125, 2018. (13/50741-7, 09/12013-4)

DIAS, TAILISE MARQUES; MARAGNO, FRANCIELE PEREIRA; MADALOZZ, BRUNO; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.; CECHIN, SONIA ZANINI. Breeding sites of the leaf frog Phyllomedusa tetraploidea (Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae) in a forest remnant in southern Brazil. North-Western Journal of Zoology, v. 9, n. 2, p. 422-424, DEC 2013. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Habitat use, reproductive traits and social interactions in a stream-dweller treefrog endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 33, n. 3-4, p. 337-347, DEC 2012. (09/12013-4, 10/03656-6)

PUPIN, NADYA CAROLINA; GASPARINI, JOAO LUIZ; BASTOS, ROGERIO P.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Reproductive biology of an endemic Physalaemus of the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the trade-off between clutch and egg size in terrestrial breeders of the P. signifer group. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, v. 20, n. 3, p. 147-156, JUL 2010. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Complex Call with Different Messages in Bokermannohyla ibitiguara (Anura, Hylidae), a Gladiator Frog of the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Herpetology, v. 48, n. 3, p. 407-414, SEP 2014. (09/12013-4, 10/03656-6)

NALI, RENATO C.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Microsatellite markers for Bokermannohyla species (Anura, Hylidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forest domains. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 35, n. 3, p. 355-360, 2014. (09/12013-4, 10/03656-6, 12/06228-0, 13/04023-5)

NALI, RENATO C.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Phenotypic differentiation in populations of a gladiator tree frog: environment, genetic drift and sexual selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 139, n. 3, p. 14-pg., 2023-06-09. (10/03656-6, 09/12013-4, 12/06228-0, 14/04394-6, 13/04023-5)

NALI, RENATO C.; BORGES, MARILIA M.; LEANDRO, GABRIELA DA S.; ZENA, LUCAS A.; BICEGO, KENIA C.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Herpetological Out in the wind: wiping behaviour in the leaf-frog Pithecopus ayeaye, and first evidence of bladder-filling behaviour in the genus. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, v. 35, n. 2, p. 5-pg., 2025-04-01. (09/12013-4, 10/03656-6, 21/10639-5, 21/10910-0)

ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; BELL, RAYNA C.; NALI, RENATO C.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Polyandry, Predation, and the Evolution of Frog Reproductive Modes. American Naturalist, v. 188, p. 21-pg., 2016-09-01. (09/12013-4, 12/06228-0, 13/50741-7)

SALLES, NATALIA M. E.; ZARA, FERNANDO J.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Differences in sperm morphology in foam-nesting leptodactyline frogs (Anura, Leptodactylidae). ACTA ZOOLOGICA, v. 98, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2017-01-01. (09/12013-4, 10/50188-8)

FAGGIONI, GABRIEL P.; SOUZA, FRANCO L.; UETANABARO, MASAO; LANDGREF-FILHO, PAULO; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Diet of Leptodactylus bufonius BOULENGER, 1894, in the Brazilian Chaco. HERPETOZOA, v. 30, n. 1-2, p. 5-pg., 2017-07-30. (09/12013-4)

DIAS, TAILISE MARQUES; MARAGNO, FRANCIELE PEREIRA; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.; CECHIN, SONIA ZANINI. Reproductive site selection in the leaf-frog Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 (Anura: Hylidae) in altered areas of the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Natural History, v. 48, n. 43-44, p. 2689-2699, NOV 25 2014. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; BORGES, MARILIA M.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Advertisement and release calls of Phyllomedusa ayeaye (Anura: Hylidae) with comments on the social context of emission. Zoologia, v. 32, n. 4, p. 263-269, AUG 2015. (09/12013-4, 12/06228-0, 10/03656-6)

ZINA, JULIANA; DE ALMEIDA PRADO, CYNTHIA PERALTA; BRASILEIRO, CINTHIA AGUIRRE; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO. Anurans of the sandy coastal plains of the Lagamar Paulista, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 12, n. 1, p. 251-260, JAN-MAR 2012. (09/12013-4, 01/13341-3, 06/55482-6, 08/50928-1)

FAGGIONI, GABRIEL P.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; SOUZA, FRANCO L.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites markers for two South American frogs (Leptodactylus bufonius and L. chaquensis) using next generation sequencing. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 35, n. 4, p. 405-412, 2014. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Size-Dependent Selective Mechanisms on Males and Females and the Evolution of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Frogs. American Naturalist, v. 184, n. 6, p. 727-740, DEC 2014. (13/04023-5, 08/50928-1, 12/06228-0, 10/03656-6, 09/12013-4, 13/50741-7)

FRANCO L. SOUZA; CYNTHIA P.A. PRADO; JOSÉ L.M.M. SUGAI; VANDA L. FERREIRA; CAMILA AOKI; PAULO LANDGREF-FILHO; CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN; ROBSON W. ÁVILA; DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES; NELSON R. ALBUQUERQUE; et al. Diversidade de anfíbios do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA, v. 107, 2017-05-02. (09/12013-4)

DIAS, TAILISE MARQUES; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.; BASTOS, ROGERIO PEREIRA. Nightly calling patterns in a Neotropical gladiator frog. ACTA ETHOLOGICA, v. 20, n. 3, p. 207-214, OCT 2017. (09/12013-4)

TURIN, RUBENS A. F.; NALI, RENATO C.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Intraspecific call variation in a Neotropical gladiator frog with a complex advertisement call. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 39, n. 1, p. 31-39, 2018. (12/06228-0, 09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Hybridization despite elaborate courtship behavior and female choice in Neotropical tree frogs. Integrative Zoology, v. N/A, p. 17-pg., 2022-02-19. (13/04023-5, 12/06228-0, 09/12013-4, 14/04394-6)

CUESTAS CARRILLO, JUAN F.; SANTANA, DIEGO J.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Body condition of females during tadpole attendance and its potential costs in a Neotropical foam-nesting frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus). ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. N/A, p. 14-pg., 2022-01-29. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; BORGES, MARILIA M.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Advertisement and release calls of Phyllomedusa ayeaye (Anura: Hylidae) with comments on the social context of emission. ZOOLOGIA, v. 32, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2015-08-01. (10/03656-6, 09/12013-4, 12/06228-0)

DIAS, TAILISE MARQUES; MARAGNO, FRANCIELE PEREIRA; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.; CECHIN, SONIA ZANINI. Reproductive site selection in the leaf-frog Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 (Anura: Hylidae) in altered areas of the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Natural History, v. 48, n. 43-44, p. 11-pg., 2014-11-25. (09/12013-4)

DIAS, TAILISE M.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.; BASTOS, ROGERIO P.. Reproductive ecology and territorial behavior of Boana goiana (Anura: Hylidae), a gladiator frog from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zoologia, v. 38, APR 16 2021. (09/12013-4)

NALI, RENATO C.; BECKER, CARLOS GUILHERME; ZAMUDIO, KELLY R.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical savanna tree frog. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, v. 26, n. 12, AUG 2020. (09/12013-4, 12/06228-0, 13/04023-5, 14/04394-6)

FAGGIONI, GABRIEL P.; SOUZA, FRANCO L.; PARANHOS FILHO, ANTONIO C.; GAMARRA, ROBERTO M.; PRADO, CYNTHIA P. A.. Amount and spatial distribution of habitats influence occupancy and dispersal of frogs at multiple scales in agricultural landscape. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, v. 46, n. 1, NOV 2020. (09/12013-4)