
María Celeste Luna, Carlos Manuel Taboada Rodriguez, Délio Baêta, Julián Faivovich,
... on the pad is variable. Species in the Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis Group have EPs with a density that ... 2 . In all other studied species (including the Phyllomedusa burmeisteri and Phyllomedusa perinesos groups, Phyllomedusa camba , Phyllomedusa boliviana , Phyllomedusa sauvagii , Phyllomedusa bicolor , and Phyllomedusa tomopterna ) the density of EPs varies between 108 ± ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Morphology

Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Guilherme F. R. Álvares,
Some species in the Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis species group have a reticulated pattern on the hidden parts of the flanks and limbs. These species are quite ... richness of the group. Four new species of Phyllomedusa were described in the last five years; three ... al., 2007). The most recently described species is Phyllomedusa araguari (Giaretta et al., 2007). However, some information ... description in relation to the original description of Phyllomedusa oreades (Brandão 2002) deserves further comments. Phyllomedusa araguari ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2009 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa

Délio Baêta, Ulisses Caramaschi, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Cruz, José P. Pombal,
... and recently collected specimens, the taxonomic status of Phyllomedusa ayeaye (B. Lutz, 1966) and Phyllomedusa itacolomi Caramaschi, Cruz & Feio, 2006 is reevaluated. We ... both species are morphologically indistinguishable therefore the name Phyllomedusa itacolomi is designated as a junior synonym of Phyllomedusa ayeaye. Additionally, we suggest the removal of P. ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2009 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa

IVAN S.N. SILVA-FILHO, Flora Acuña Juncá,
The full species status of Phyllomedusa burmeisteri bahiana was investigated based on tadpoles and vocalizations characteristics. We found distinct characteristics between the tadpoles and advertisement and territorial calls of the former and that of Phyllomedusa burmeisteri burmeisteri. The main tadpole differences are related ... disc. The advertisement call and territorial call of Phyllomedusa b. bahiana were different from the P. b. ... pulses/second principally). The color of newly metamorphosed Phyllomedusa b. bahiana suggests that the color pattern of ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2006 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa

Selvino Neckel‐Oliveira, Milena Wachlevski,
... of the reproductive characteristics of three species of Phyllomedusa, identified the main embryo predators, and quantified the impact of different predators on clutches of each Phyllomedusa species in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Clutches of Phyllomedusa tarsius had the lowest proportion of attack by predators (29%), 59% of Phyllomedusa tomopterna clutches were attacked by predators, and 61% of Phyllomedusa bicolor clutches were attacked by predators. Staphilynid beetles ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2004 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology

Gabriel C. Costa, Adrian Antonio Garda, R.D. Teixeira, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Sônia Nair Báo,
... of three species of frogs in the genus Phyllomedusa . According to micrographs, total size of the spermatozoon of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis is significantly smaller than those of Phyllomedusa bicolor and Phyllomedusa tarsius . The acrosome complex consists of two conical ... than in P . hypochondrialis . The sperm ultrastructure of Phyllomedusa appears conservative at the intrageneric level. Future studies ...
Tópico(s): Genetic diversity and population structure
2004 - Wiley | Acta Zoologica

Adriane Barth, Miguel Vences, Mirco Solé, Marco Antônio Costa,
... and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the leaf frogs Phyllomedusa bahiana Lutz, 1925, Phyllomedusa burmeisteri Boulenger, 1882, Phyllomedusa nordestina Caramaschi, 2006, Phyllomedusa rohdei Mertens, 1926, Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800), and Phasmahyla spectabilis Cruz, Feio ...
Tópico(s): Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
2014 - NRC Research Press | Canadian Journal of Zoology
A. Ánastasi, G. Bertaccini, José Miguel Alfredo María Cei, G. de, V. Erspamer, M Impicciatore,
1. The South American amphibian Phyllomedusa sauvagei contains in its skin large amounts of a polypeptide closely resembling caerulein in its pharmacological actions. This polypeptide, called phyllocaerulein, ... the preparations tested.3. In different batches of Phyllomedusa sauvagei skin the phyllocaerulein content ranged between 150 ... occur also in the skin of several other Phyllomedusa species, among which are Phyll. burmeisteri, Phyll. dachnicolor, ...
Tópico(s): Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
1969 - Wiley | British Journal of Pharmacology
Nan Yang, Lei Li, Di Wu, Yitian Gao, Xinping Xi, Mei Zhou, Lei Wang, Tianbao Chen, Chris Shaw,
... time and isolated from the skin secretions of Phyllomedusa duellmani and Phyllomedusa coelestis. Their encoding cDNAs were cloned, from which ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2016 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Toxins
Male Phyllomedusa callidryas begin calling from vegetation at breeding sites before the pools fill. When standing water accumulates gravid ... the calling males. In both P. callidryas and Phyllomedusa dacnicolor the female, after entering into amplexus, carries ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
1970 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Vaughan H. Shoemaker, Lon L. McClanahan,
... were measured in liver and kidney of adult Phyllomedusa sauvagei and P. hypochondrialis to examine the enzymatic ... of ureotelic anurans and a uricotelic lizard. Both Phyllomedusa species exhibited high hepatic and renal levels of ... urate. Hepatic arginase was much lower in both Phyllomedusa species than in the ureotelic frogs, but higher ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
1982 - Wiley | Journal of Experimental Zoology
Vaughan H. Shoemaker, Lon L. McClanahan, Philip C. Withers, Stanley S. Hillman, Robert C. Drewes,
... thermal relations of waterproof frogs of two genera (Phyllomedusa and Chiromantis) were studied in an outdoor enclosure ... end of the gradient. Both Chiromantis spp. and Phyllomedusa sauvagei voluntarily tolerated high body temperatures of 38 ... speed to the power of about 0.4. Phyllomedusa azurae increased water loss at a lower Tb ( ...
Tópico(s): Physiological and biochemical adaptations
1987 - University of Chicago Press | Physiological Zoology

Tiago Leite Pezzuti, Felipe Sá Fortes Leite, Fausto Nomura,
... the internal oral features of the tadpole of Phyllomedusa itacolomi (Anura, Hylidae) from Serra de Ouro Branco, ... a temporary pool, in an open montane meadow. Phyllomedusa itacolomi (Gosner's stage 37) is characterized by ... features were compared with other tadpoles of the Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis species group. Additionally, we provide information on ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
2009 - | South American Journal of Herpetology

... a hylid frog, the highly arboreal leaf-frog Phyllomedusa burmeisteri. Observations were made of a captive adult ... Southeastern Brazil; Pedal luring in the leaf-frog Phyllomedusa burmeisteri (Anura, Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae)
Tópico(s): Animal and Plant Science Education
2002 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology
Ulisses Caramaschi, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Cruz,
... Phyllomedusinae subfamily, Agalychnis, Hylomantis, Pachymedusa, Phasmahyla, Phrynomedusa, and Phyllomedusa, are diagnosed and the species included and their ... habits and biology of members of the genus Phyllomedusa are presented.
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2002 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology

Ariovaldo A. Giaretta, Júlio C. de Oliveira Filho, Marcelo Nogueira de Carvalho Kokubum,
We describe a new species of Phyllomedusa with reticulated pattern on the flanks from the State of Minas Gerais and provide data on its advertisement call, habitat, and tadpole. ... new species differs from other species of the Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group in color pattern, size, advertisement call, and breeding site. Phyllomedusa oreades topotypes and P. megacephala differ from the ...
Tópico(s): Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
2007 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa

Henrique Wogel, Patrícia A. Abrunhosa, José P. Pombal,
... behaviour and mating success of a leaf‐frog, Phyllomedusa rohdei, population were conducted in a temporary flooded ... In addition, no evidence was found that female Phyllomedusa rohdei exhibit overt mate choice. The formation of ... the same manner found in others members of Phyllomedusa; a purse‐like nest is made over water ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
2005 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Natural History

Adriane Barth, Vanderly Andrade‐Souza, Mirco Solé, Marco A. Dalla Costa,
... study, we provide the first cytogenetic analysis of Phyllomedusa bahiana and Phasmahyla spectabilis, and report new cytogenetic ... on variation in NOR numbers and positions in Phyllomedusa rohdei and Phyllomedusa nordestina using conventional staining, AgNOR-banding, and 45S ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2013 - Research Foundation of Ribeirão Preto | Genetics and Molecular Research
Vid Leban, Gordana Koželj, Miran Brvar,
... dried skin secretion from a giant leaf frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) was applied to five freshly burned wounds ... symptoms and a line of small body burns Phyllomedusa bicolor venom exposure should be suspected. Acute symptomatic hyponatremia after Phyllomedusa bicolor venom exposure is the result of inappropriate ...
Tópico(s): Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
2016 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Jia Liu, Qing Wu, Lei Li, Xinping Xi, Di Wu, Mei Zhou, Tianbao Chen, Chris Shaw, Lei Wang,
... the skin secretions of the frogs in the Phyllomedusa genus. In this study, two novel phylloseptin peptides- ... the skin secretions of the South American frogs, Phyllomedusa tarsius (P. tarsius) and Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (P. hypochondrialis) through parallel transcriptomic and peptidomic ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
2017 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Molecules
Henrique Wogel, Patrícia A. Abrunhosa, José P. Pombal,
... chorus organization of a population of prolonged-breeding Phyllomedusa rohdei at a temporary pond in Saquarema, State ... places with adequate oviposition sites for this species. Phyllomedusa rohdei was not considered a lek species mainly ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2006 - British Herpetological Society | Herpetological Journal
Rodolfo Ruibal, Vaughan H. Shoemaker,
... has been gen- erally acknowledged. In the hylid Phyllomedusa bicolor osteoderms are located in the dermis, cover ... mm2 in area. Similar osteoderms are present in Phyllomedusa vaillanti and Gastrotheca weilandii. In the pelobatid Megophrys ... skin and although comparable to the osteoderms of Phyllomedusa in size and shape they are histologically very ...
Tópico(s): Genetic diversity and population structure
1984 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology
Vaughan H. Shoemaker, Mary Ann Baker, J. P. Loveridge,
Arboreal frogs of the genera Chiromantis and Phyllomedusa generally have low evaporative water loss (EWL) but can regulate water loss to maintain body temperature (Tb) at about 40 C at high ... in only a slight rise in Tb in Phyllomedusa. These frogs resemble other thermoregulating vertebrates in that ...
Tópico(s): Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
1989 - University of Chicago Press | Physiological Zoology
V. Erspamer, Pietro Melchiorri, Giuliana Falconieri–Erspamer, Lucia Negri, Rita Corsi, Cinzia Severini, Donatella Barra, Maurizio Simmaco, G. Kreil,
... skin extracts of frogs belonging to the genus Phyllomedusa, that have a higher affinity and selectivity for ... NH2 have been isolated from skin extracts of Phyllomedusa bicolor. The alanine in position 2 is in ... peptides show some similarity to another constituent of Phyllomedusa skin, dermorphin, which is highly selective for mu- ...
Tópico(s): Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
1989 - National Academy of Sciences | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

C. R. Paiva, Juliana Damieli Nascimento, A. P. Z. Silva, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Fernando Ananias,
The karyotypes of Phyllomedusa camba De La Riva, Citation1999 and P. rhodei Mertens, 1926 are presented and the chromosome pairs with Ag‐NORs ... rhodei, we discuss the phenetic groups proposed for Phyllomedusa genus.
Tópico(s): Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
2009 - Taylor & Francis | Italian Journal of Zoology

Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Guilherme F. R. Álvares, Allan Crema, Gláucia J. Zerbini,
The tadpole and vocalizations of Phyllomedusa centralis are described based on individuals from the type locality, Chapada dos Guimarães, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. An opaque abdomen, ... disc papillae characterize the tadpole of P. centralis. Phyllomedusa centralis, P. ayeaye, P. oreades, and P. megacephala ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
2009 - | South American Journal of Herpetology

A new species of Phyllomedusa, related to Phyllomedusa megacephala, is described from the high plateaus of the state of Goiás and Distrito Federal, Brazil. The new species is characterized by medium ...
Tópico(s): Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
2002 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology

Guilherme D. Brand, J. R. Leite, Luciano Paulino Silva, Sérgio de Albuquerque, Maura V. Prates, Ricardo Bentes Azevedo, Vanessa Carregaro, João S. Silva, Vanuza C.L. Sá, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Carlos Bloch,
... antimicrobial peptides present in tree frogs of the Phyllomedusa genus. They are cationic molecules of 28-34 ... antimicrobial peptide found in the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa oreades, which is a newly described amphibian species ...
Tópico(s): Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
2002 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Biological Chemistry
Célio F. B. Haddad, José P. Pombal, R.F. Batistic,
Sympatric populations of the leaf-frogs Phyllomedusa distincta (2n = 26) and P. tetraploidea (4n = 52) were studied in southeastern Brazil. In a region of sympatry, seven of 15 leaf- ... 2) the geographic distribution of species in the Phyllomedusa burmeisteri group.
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
1994 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology