Comunication and sensory systems of the anurans of the Atlantic Forest

• Grant number: 14/23388-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2015
• End date: April 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Grantee: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Silva Jared ; Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker ; Igor Soares de Oliveira ; Lucas Rodriguez Forti ; Matthew James Mason ; Rafael Ignacio Marquez Martinez de Orense ; Sandra Goutte

Abstract

Studies on amphibian acoustic communication can have different approaches. Traditionally such sturdies concentrate on advertisement call descriptions, the study of intraspecific reproductive or aggressive interactions, or on using bioacoustical characters as diagnostic for new taxa descriptions. However, many different approaches could be given to the fields of bioacoustics or other communication systems in anurans. Therefore, we put together five projects that focus on non-traditional studies of anuran communication and sensory systems (also generally neglected). Such studies focus on i) distress calls functions, ii) hearing pathways in earless toads, iii) mute frogs communication, iv) micro and macro anuran advertisement call evolution, and v) on the understanding of the causes of blindness of an introduced domestic species. All projects will be centered at Unicamp and coordinated by the principal investigator of this grant proposal. Both associated laboratories have the basic infrastructure and half of the team is already granted with fellowships. Thus, assuring high chances of these projects to be well succeeded. In the end, we hope to fill some important gaps in the field of anuran communication, with behavioral evolution as an underlying discipline and the Atlantic forest as a reference biome. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; AVILA DA SILVA, THAIA RENATA; TOLEDO, LUIA FELIPE. The acoustic repertoire of the Atlantic Forest Rocket Frog and its consequences for taxonomy and conservation (Allobates, Aromobatidae). ZOOKEYS, n. 692, p. 141-153, 2017. (14/23388-7, 13/21519-4)

DE OLIVEIRA, IGOR SOARES; ROEDDER, DENNIS; CAPINHA, CESAR; AHMADZADEH, FARAHAM; CUNHA DE OLIVEIRA, ADRIELE KARLOKOSKI; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Assessing future habitat availability for coastal lowland anurans in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 1, p. 45-55, APR 2016. (14/23388-7)

PREUSS, JACKSON FABIO; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; LUCAS, ELAINE MARIA. Crossing the threshold: an amphibian assemblage highly infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the southern Brazilian Atlantic forest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 1, p. 68-77, APR 2016. (14/23388-7, 11/51694-7)

AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; DENA, SIMONE A.; TOLEDO, LUIS F.. Visual communication and aggressive behaviour in a giant mute torrent-frog, Megaelosia apuana (Anura; Hylodidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 39, n. 2, p. 260-264, 2018. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3)

MUNOZ-LEAL, SEBASTIAN; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; VENZAL, JOSE M.; MARCILI, ARLEI; MARTINS, THIAGO F.; ACOSTA, IGOR C. L.; PINTER, ADRIANO; LABRUNA, MARCELO B.. Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) associated with stream-breeding frogs (Anura: Cycloramphidae: Cycloramphus) in Brazil. TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, v. 8, n. 5, p. 682-692, 2017. (14/23388-7)

LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; GUILHERME BECKER, C.; BARDIER, CECILIA; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Spatial distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in South American caecilians. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 124, n. 2, p. 109-116, APR 20 2017. (14/23388-7)

DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; DE MAGALHAES, FELIPE DE MEDEIROS; LUZ NUNES-DE-ALMEIDA, CARLOS HENRIQUE; PRADO VEIGA-MENONCELLO, ANA CRISTINA; SANTANA, DIEGO JOSE; GARDA, ADRIAN ANTONIO; LOEBMANN, DANIEL; RECCO-PIMENTEL, SHIRLEI MARIA; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. A new species of long-legged Pseudopaludicola from northeastern Brazil (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae). SALAMANDRA, v. 52, n. 2, p. 107-124, JUN 30 2016. (15/10728-7, 11/51694-7, 08/50928-1, 13/09964-2, 14/23388-7, 08/50325-5)

FORTI, LUCAS R.; COSTA, WILLIAM P.; MARTINS, LUCAS B.; NUNES-DE-ALMEIDA, CARLOS H. L.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Advertisement call and genetic structure conservatism: good news for an endangered Neotropical frog. PeerJ, v. 4, MAY 10 2016. (14/23388-7, 13/02219-0, 13/21519-4, 13/09964-2)

CARVALHO, TAMILIE; GUILHERME BECKER, C.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Historical amphibian declines and extinctions in Brazil linked to chytridiomycosis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 284, n. 1848, FEB 8 2017. (14/23388-7)

FORATTO, ROSELI MARIA; LLUSIA, DIEGO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ. Treefrogs adjust their acoustic signals in response to harmonics structure of intruder calls. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, v. 32, n. 3, p. 416-427, MAY-JUN 2021. (16/25358-3, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; FORATTO, ROSELI MARIA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; PEREIRA, VANIA ROSA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Current knowledge on bioacoustics of the subfamily Lophyohylinae (Hylidae, Anura) and description of Ocellated treefrog Itapotihyla langsdorffii vocalizations. PeerJ, v. 6, MAY 31 2018. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/21519-4)

GOUTTE, SANDRA; MASON, MATTHEW J.; CHRISTENSEN-DALSGAARD, JAKOB; MONTEALEGRE-Z, FERNANDO; CHIVERS, BENEDICT D.; SARRIA-S, FABIO A.; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA M.; JARED, CARLOS; SATO, LUCIANA ALMEIDA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Evidence of auditory insensitivity to vocalization frequencies in two frogs. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, SEP 21 2017. (14/23388-7)

BARDIER, CECILIA; PEREIRA, GISELA; ELGUE, ERNESTO; MANEYRO, RAUL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF THE MINIMUM BODY SIZE FOR PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF MELANOPHRYNISCUS MONTEVIDENSIS (BUFONIDAE). HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY, v. 12, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2017-04-01. (14/23388-7)

PREUSS, JACKSON FABIO; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LEITE, DOMINGOS DA SILVA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; LUCAS, ELAINE MARIA. Crossing the threshold: an amphibian assemblage highly infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the southern Brazilian Atlantic forest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2016-04-01. (11/51694-7, 14/23388-7)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; AVILA DA SILVA, THAIA RENATA; TOLEDO, LUIA FELIPE. The acoustic repertoire of the Atlantic Forest Rocket Frog and its consequences for taxonomy and conservation (Allobates, Aromobatidae). ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 692, p. 13-pg., 2017-01-01. (13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

SALLA, RAQUEL F.; RIZZI-POSSIGNOLO, GISELE M.; OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANE R.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; FRANCO-BELUSSI, LILIAN; LEITE, DOMINGOS S.; SILVA-ZACARIN, ELAINE CRISTINA M.; ABDALLA, FABIO C.; JENKINSON, THOMAS S.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; et al. Novel findings on the impact of chytridiomycosis on the cardiac function of anurans: sensitive vs. tolerant species. PeerJ, v. 6, NOV 7 2018. (14/23388-7, 08/57712-4)

LUZ NUNES-DE-ALMEIDA, CARLOS HENRIQUE; BATISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. A revised classification of the amphibian reproductive modes. SALAMANDRA, v. 57, n. 3, p. 413-427, AUG 15 2021. (11/51694-7, 19/18335-5, 14/23388-7, 14/50342-8, 08/50325-5, 13/50741-7)

ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Courtship Behavior and Advertisement Call Geographic Variation of Bokermannohyla luctuosa (Pombal Jr. and Haddad, 1993) (Hylidae, Cophomantini). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, n. 1, p. 71-79, APR 2019. (16/25358-3, 14/23388-7)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Ancestral state, phylogenetic signal and convergence among anuran distress calls. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 274, p. 1-5, MAY 2018. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/21519-4)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BELLA SANCHES FORTI, ANNA BARBARA; MARQUEZ, RAFAEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Behavioural response evoked by conspecific distress calls in two neotropical treefrogs. Ethology, v. 123, n. 12, p. 942-948, DEC 2017. (14/23388-7, 13/21519-4)

RUGGERI, JOICE; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, SERGIO POTSCH. Stream tadpoles present high prevalence but low infection loads of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chytridiomycota). Hydrobiologia, v. 806, n. 1, p. 303-311, JAN 2018. (14/23388-7)

KOEHLER, JOERN; JANSEN, MARTIN; RODRIGUEZ, ARIEL; KOK, PHILIPPE J. R.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; EMMRICH, MIKE; GLAW, FRANK; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; ROEDEL, MARK-OLIVER; VENCES, MIGUEL. The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice. Zootaxa, v. 4251, n. 1, p. 1-124, APR 11 2017. (14/23388-7, 13/50741-7, 11/52070-7, 14/50342-8)

ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; LYRA, MARIANA L.; DA SILVA JUNIOR, JOSE CASSIMIRO; GARCIA, PAULO C. A.; LEITE, FELIPE; VERDADE, VANESSA; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; GASPARINI, JOAO LUIZ; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; et al. Anurans of the Caparao National Park and surroundings, southeast Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 20, n. 3, 2020. (14/23388-7, 11/50146-6, 13/50741-7, 19/03170-0, 03/10335-8, 01/05470-8, 16/25358-3)

BARDIER, CECILIA; PEREIRA, GISELA; ELGUE, ERNESTO; MANEYRO, RAUL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF THE MINIMUM BODY SIZE FOR PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF MELANOPHRYNISCUS MONTEVIDENSIS (BUFONIDAE). Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 12, n. 1, p. 119-126, APR 2017. (14/23388-7)

BARDIER, CECILIA; MANEYRO, RAUL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. The Correlates of in situ Larval Survivorship of the Threatened South American Toad Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Anura, Bufonidae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 17, n. 1, p. 33-42, AUG 2020. (14/23388-7, 19/18335-5, 16/25358-3)

AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; DENA, SIMONE; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. coustic allometry, background stream noise and its relationship with large-bodied and voiceless rheophilic frog. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 295, p. 156-162, NOV 2021. (14/23388-7, 19/03170-0, 16/25358-3)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; PONTES, MARIANA RETUCI; ALCANTARA, EDNA PAULINO; MORAIS, DRAUSIO HONORIO; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE; DODONOV, PAVEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Torrent frogs have fewer macroparasites but higher rates of chytrid infection in landscapes with smaller forest cover. ECOSPHERE, v. 11, n. 6, JUN 2020. (16/25358-3, 20/00099-0, 13/21519-4, 14/23388-7)

GREENSPAN, SASHA E.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; MIGLIORINI, GUSTAVO H.; KERSCH-BECKER, MONICA F.; BLETZ, MOLLY C.; LISBOA, CYBELE SABINO; PONTES, MARIANA R.; RIBEIRO, LUISA P.; NEELY, WESLEY J.; REZENDE, FELIPE; et al. Arthropod-bacteria interactions influence assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 286, n. 1905, JUN 2019. (14/50342-8, 16/03344-0, 14/23388-7, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8)

GOUTTE, SANDRA; MASON, MATTHEW J.; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA M.; JARED, CARLOS; MERLE, DIDIER; CAZES, LILIAN; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; EL-HAFCI, HANANE; PALLU, STEPHANE; PORTIER, HUGUES; et al. Intense bone fluorescence reveals hidden patterns in pumpkin toadlets. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, MAR 29 2019. (16/25358-3, 14/23388-7)

MESQUITA, ANDREA F. C.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LYRA, MARIANA; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BECKER, C. GUILHERME. Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, NOV 30 2017. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 14/23677-9)

VALENCIA-AGUILAR, ANYELET; VITAL, MARCOS V. C.; MOTT, TAMI. Seasonality, Environmental Factors, and Host Behavior Linked to Disease Risk in Stream-Dwelling Tadpoles. Herpetologica, v. 72, n. 2, p. 98-106, JUN 2015. (14/23388-7, 11/51694-7)

BARDIER, C.; MARTINEZ-LATORRACA, N.; PORLEY, J. L.; BORTOLINI, S. V.; CABRERA ALONZO, N.; MANEYRO, R.; TOLEDO, L. F.. Seasonal demography of the threatened Montevideo Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus montevidensis) in a protected area of Uruguay. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, v. 97, n. 2, p. 131-141, FEB 2019. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3)

FORTI, LUCAS RODRIGUEZ; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; TACIOLI, LEANDRO; PEREIRA, VANIA ROSA; SANTOS, ANDRE CID F. A.; OLIVEIRA, IGOR; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Perspectives on invasive amphibians in Brazil. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 9, SEP 22 2017. (13/21519-4, 11/51694-7, 14/50342-8, 11/52070-7, 14/23388-7, 13/50741-7, 13/02219-0)

HAGA, ISABELLE AQUEMI; DE ANDRADE, FELIPE SILVA; BRUSCHI, DANIEL PACHECO; RECCO-PIMENTEL, SHIRLEI MARIA; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Unrevealing the leaf frogs Cerrado diversity: A new species of Pithecopus (Anura, Arboranae, Phyllomedusidae) from the Mato Grosso state, Brazil. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 9, SEP 27 2017. (15/10728-7, 11/51694-7, 14/23388-7, 10/17464-1, 08/50325-5, 12/12169-7)

NUNES-DE-ALMEIDA, CARLOS H. L.; ASSIS, CLODOALDO L.; FEIO, RENATO N.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Redescription of the Advertisement Call of Five Species of Thoropa (Anura, Cycloramphidae), Including Recordings of Rare and Endangered Species. PLoS One, v. 11, n. 9, SEP 12 2016. (13/09964-2, 14/23388-7)

RUGGERI, JOICE; DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, SERGIO POTSCH; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Amphibian chytrid infection is influenced by rainfall seasonality and water availability. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, v. 127, n. 2, p. 107-115, JAN 31 2018. (16/25358-3, 14/23388-7, 17/01917-6)

DE OLIVEIRA, IGOR SOARES; ROEDDER, DENNIS; CAPINHA, CESAR; AHMADZADEH, FARAHAM; CUNHA DE OLIVEIRA, ADRIELE KARLOKOSKI; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE. Assessing future habitat availability for coastal lowland anurans in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2016-04-01. (14/23388-7)