Heliothermy is especially common among frogs and toads: it allows them to increase their body temperature by more than 10ºC. The [#highlight6]Andean toad Bufo spinulosus[/highlight6] exposes itself immediately after sunrise on moist ground and [#highlight7]attains[/highlight7] its ...
THE life histories of North American frogs and toads form the subject of a memoir entitled “North American Anura—Life histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York,” by Mr. A. H. Wright, just received from the Carnegie Institution of Washington. In the introduction to this highly interesting...
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(thigmothermy), and diurnal and annual avoidance behaviors, which include moving to shelter during the day for cooling and hibernating or estivating (reducing activity during cold or hot weather, respectively).Heliothermy is especially common among frogs and toads: it allows them to increase ...
Heliothermy is especially common among frogs and toads: it allows them to increase their body temperature by more than 10°C. The Andean toad Bufo spinulosus exposes itself immediately after sunrise on moist ground and attains its preferred body temperature by this means, long before either ...
Gerhardt HC. Sound pressure levels and radiation patterns of vocalizations of some North American frogs and toads. J Comp Physiol A. 1975; 102 :1–12.Gerhardt, H. C. 1975. Sound pressure levels and radiation patterns of the vocalizations of some North American frogs and toads. Journal of ...
(Animals) any of various large frogs, such asRana catesbeiana(American bullfrog), having a loud deep croak Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 ...
An April night five years ago, when Serrao went out to a country road to watch the moving of the toads, he counted 100 toads; 95 were hit by cars. A similar story can be told for several other species of toads, frogs, crocodiles and turtles around the world. ...
This classic of both biological fieldwork and natural sound recordings, originally released by Folkways in 1958, presents 57 species of frogs and toads on 92 tracks, digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Compiled and narrated by renowned herpetologist Charles M. Bogert, these sounds ...
Toads are suitably adapted for terrestrial life and have thicker and more resistant skin compared to most frogs. Their hind feet are slightly webbed, which helps them to burrow into the soil to keep warm in colder temperatures. Not surprisingly, the cane toad, as well as many of the other ...