Chapter 13 Web Links

Chapter 13 Web Links

North American frogs calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA_eHVxprdI
Calls of eight species filmed in the field.

Bolivian frogs calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Yy2zJ9JfA
Calls of 23 of more than 40 species of frogs that occur at the site. The videos show the intensity of calling effort, and in the background of several segments you can hear the calls of multiple species. There are brief views of tadpole transport, amplexus, and foam nest construction.

Túngara frogs (Engystomops pustulasus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhhwd2Wc4PI
This brief video touches on the competing demands of sexual selection (females prefer males giving complex calls) and predation (males giving complex calls are easier for bats to locate).

Foot-flagging frogs:

Vibrational communication by the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/red-eyed-tree-frogs-shaking-vin

Visual displays of jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus)
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/lizard-visual-displays-order-matters/

Frill-necked lizard displays (Platysaurus sp.)
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=frillneck++lizard+display+video+BBC&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
These lizards use their brightly colored ventral surfaces for display, while their dorsal surfaces blend with the rocks outcrops they inhabit.

Color change by panther chameleons (Furcifer pardalis)
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150302/ncomms7368/full/ncomms7368.html

Vocalization by a male alligator
http://www.arkive.org/american-alligator/alligator-mississippiensis/video-13.html
The dancing water droplets are produced by subaudible vibrations.

Advertisement display of a male green iguana (Iguana iguana)
http://www.arkive.org/green-iguana/iguana-iguana/video-09b.html

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