Ultrasonic communication in frogs

Albert S. Feng (), Peter M. Narins, Chun-He Xu, Wen-Yu Lin, Zu-Lin Yu, Qiang Qiu, Zhi-Min Xu and Jun-Xian Shen
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Albert S. Feng: University of Illinois
Peter M. Narins: University of California
Chun-He Xu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen-Yu Lin: University of Illinois
Zu-Lin Yu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiang Qiu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi-Min Xu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun-Xian Shen: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7082, 333-336

Abstract: Raising The Tone Some bats, dolphins and rodents are notable among vertebrates in being able to produce and detect ultrasonic frequencies. Now for the first time an amphibian can be added to that select list. The spectacular bird-like sounds made by a type of Chinese torrent frog were known to edge into the ultrasonic range: now these frogs are shown to use ultrasonics as a form of communication. The males do at least, during competition for territory. Frogs are a long way, evolutionarily speaking, from the other known users of ultrasonics so this ability seems to have evolved independently several times. It is possible, too, that many other species are chatting away in the ultrasonic waveband, but that nobody has looked for them.

Date: 2006
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