Behavior

Underwater acoustic communication in the macrophagic carnivorous larvae of Ceratophrys ornata (Anura: Ceratophryidae), Natale, Guillermo S., Alcalde Leandro, Herrera Raul, Cajade Rodrigo, Schaefer Eduardo F., Marangoni Federico, and Trudeau Vance L. , Acta Zoologica, Number 9999, (2010)

A key ecological trait drove the evolution of biparental care and monogamy in an amphibian, Brown, Jason L., Morales Victor, and Summers Kyle , The American Naturalist, Volume 175, Number 4, p.436-446, (2010)

The first known monogamous amphibian species, based on genetic data, is Dendrobates imitator (Brown et al. 2010) as reported in a paper in the April issue of American Naturalist.

Reproductive mode plasticity: aquatic and terrestrial oviposition in a treefrog, Touchon, Justin Charles, and Warkentin Karen Michelle , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, May 27, Volume 105, Number 21, p.7495-9, (2008)

Acoustic signals, species diagnosis, and species concepts: the case of a new cryptic species of Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Chapare region, Bolivia., Angulo, Ariadne, and Reichle Steffen , Zoological J. Linnean Society , Volume 152, p.59-77, (2008)

Concealed weapons: erectile claws in African frogs, Blackburn, D. C., Hanken J., and Jenkins F. A. , Biology Letters, Aug 23, Volume 4, Number 4, p.355-7, (2008)

From ScienceNOW, 28 May 2008
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/528/2

Published at http://publishing.royalsociety.org/media/biology_letters/rsbl20080219.pdf

by Lauren Cahoon (complete article below)

"X-Men fans rejoice: Wolverine has come to life, as a frog. When the comic book warrior faces a fight, metallic blades spring forth from his hand. A new study concludes that certain African frogs are similarly equipped, having sharp, claw-shaped bones that pierce through their own fingertips when the animal is threatened.