Vocal anatomy evolution associated with the acoustic diversity in Bokermannohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeller, 2005 (Anura, Hylidae, Cophomantini)

• Grant number: 17/27137-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: August 07, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Alicino Bockmann
• Grantee: Davi Lee Bang
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Phenotypic evolution of different organisms has been widely studied in light comparative phylogenetic methods, of which allow comparisons between phenotypes under a phylogeny. Anurans show complex behavioral phenotypes, being one of them, important in mechanisms of speciation, the vocal communication, that consists mainly in the emission of stereotyped signals such as the advertisement call. Given this, there are a considerable number of studies attempting to understand the evolution of vocalizations in different anuran groups. However, considering that acoustic signals are produced from anatomical structures (larynx and associated components) of the vocal apparatus when inhaling or exhaling air, the acoustic complexity can be shaped accordingly, resulting in correlated evolutionary responses with respect to sexual or natural selection. Even though, studies encompassing the vocal apparatus characterization are scarce and, consequently, there are no macro evolutionary studies considering the eventual correlation between vocal apparatus and acoustic signals. Moreover, homology delimitation between acoustic units is not as trivial as considered in the literature, which points to the need to evaluate every aspect involved in the vocalization behavior. The model genus - Bokermannohyla - shows a considerable acoustic diversity, highlighting the applicability of the comparative methods in order to understand evolutionary patterns in the genus' vocal communication and the possible underlying mechanisms. Therefore, the present proposal represents the first endeavor to characterize in details the vocal apparatus and corresponding acoustic signals in the genus, so it could be possible to delimit homologies accurately between these characters. From this, make an attempt to detect evolutionary patterns considering the eventual correlation between vocal apparatus and advertisement calls, to evaluate if differences or similarities in the former express evolutionary changes or conservationism in the latter through the phylogenetic structure of the genus.

Scientific publications

(12)

(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)

MARINHO, PEDRO; DE CARVALHO, THIAGO RIBEIRO; BANG, DAVI LEE; DA VEIGA TEIXEIRA, BERNARDO FRANCO; AZARAK, PRISCILA ALENCAR; COSTA CAMPOS, CARLOS EDUARDO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Advertisement calls, intraspecific variation and species diagnosis of six Brazilian species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae: Gastrophryninae). Zootaxa, v. 4521, n. 3, p. 357-375, NOV 15 2018. (17/08489-0, 17/27137-7, 12/15763-7)

COSTA-CAMPOS, CARLOS EDUARDO; BANG, DAVI LEE; MARTINS BARBOSA DE FIGUEIREDO, VINICIUS ANTONIO; TAVARES-PINHEIRO, RODRIGO; FOUQUET, ANTOINE. New records and distribution extensions of the glassfrogs Hyalinobatrachium taylori (Goin, 1968) and H. tricolor Castroviejo-Fisher, Vila, Ayarzaguena, Blanc & Ernst, 2011 (Anura, Centrolenidae) in Amapa, Brazil. Check List, v. 17, n. 2, p. 6-pg., 2021-01-01. (17/27137-7)

GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO; LOPES, ANDRE GOMES; BANG, DAVI LEE. Reassessment of the advertisement call of topotypic Scinax squalirostris (Anura: Hylidae), with an acoustic evaluation of its occurrence in the Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil. Phyllomedusa, v. 19, n. 1, p. 49-61, JUN 2020. (17/27137-7)

BANG, DAVI LEE; ROCHA, PEDRO C.; LEAL, FERNANDO; FORTES LEITE, FELIPE SA. A grave drum at rocky springs: the vocalization of Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Anura: Hylidae) from the Espinhaco Range, southeastern Brazil, with notes on its natural history. Zootaxa, v. 4896, n. 1, p. 145-150, DEC 18 2020. (17/27137-7)

BANG, DAVI LEE; BOCKMANN, VIO ALICINO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO; CARVALHO, THIAGO RIBEIRO. Vocal Repertoire of Two Bokermannohyla (Anura: Hylidae) Species, with an Overview of Advertisement Call Diversity in the Genus. Journal of Herpetology, v. 57, n. 2, p. 9-pg., 2023-06-01. (17/27137-7, 09/54931-0, 17/08489-0)

DAVI LEE BANG; MARCIO PIE; ARIOVALDO ANTONIO GIARETTA. First record of Scinax centralis (Anura, Hylidae) in the Triângulo Mineiro region, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, with further data on its vocalization. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 61, 2021-10-04. (17/27137-7)

BANG, DAVI LEE; VIDIGAL, IZADORA; MARINHO, PEDRO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Extended vocal repertoire of the bromeligenous treefrog Scinax belloni (Anura:Hylidae). NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY, v. 8, n. 1, p. 5-pg., 2022-12-31. (17/27137-7)

LOPES, ANDRE GOMES; BANG, DAVI LEE; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Revisiting the advertisement call features of Scinax montivagus (Anura: Hylidae). NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY, v. 5, n. 1, p. 41-46, JUL 31 2019. (17/27137-7)

BANG, DAVI LEE; LISBOA, BARNAGLEISON SILVA; DA VEIGA TEIXEIRA, BERNARDO FRANCO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO; DE CARVALHO, THIAGO RIBEIRO. A comparative acoustic analysis of species of Vitreorana (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, with a description of the call of V. baliomma and insights into the taxonomic status of Cerrado populations. Phyllomedusa, v. 19, n. 1, p. 35-47, JUN 2020. (17/08489-0, 17/27137-7)

LOPES, ANDRE GOMES; BANG, DAVI LEE; MARINHO, PEDRO; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO ANTONIO. Acoustics suggests hidden diversity in Scinax garbei (Anura: Hylidae). Phyllomedusa, v. 19, n. 1, p. 63-82, JUN 2020. (17/27137-7)

MARINHO, PEDRO; BANG, DAVI L.; VIDIGAL, IZADORA; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO A.. A New Cryptic Species of Boana (Hylinae: Cophomantini) of the B. polytaenia Clade from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Journal of Herpetology, v. 56, n. 3, p. 16-pg., 2022-09-01. (17/27137-7)

MALAGOLI, LEO RAMOS; PEZZUTI, TIAGO LEITE; BANG, DAVI LEE; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; RIBEIRO GIOVANELLI, JOAO GABRIEL; DE ANCHIETTA GARCIA, PAULO CHRISTIANO; SAWAYA, RICARDO JANNINI; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO. A new reproductive mode in anurans: Natural history of Bokermannohyla astartea (Anura: Hylidae) with the description of its tadpole and vocal repertoire. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 2, FEB 17 2021. (08/50928-1, 14/50342-8, 14/23677-9, 17/27137-7, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BANG, Davi Lee. Evolution of the vocal anatomy associated with the acoustic diversity in Bokermannohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005 (Anura, Hylidae, Cophomantini). 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) Ribeirão Preto.