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The H Rpeto Ogical Jour A Volume 13, Number 2 April 2003 ISSN 0268-0130 THE H RPETO OGICAL JOUR A Published by the Indexed in BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY Current Contents The Herpetological Journal is published quarterly by the British Herpetological Society and is issued free to members. Articles are listed in Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents, Science Citation Index and Zoological Record. Applications to purchase copies and/or for details of membership should be made to the Hon. Secretary, British Herpetological Society, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NWl 4RY, UK. Instructions to authors are printed inside the back cover. All contributions should be addressed to the Scientific Editor (address below). Scientific Editor: Wolfgang Wiister, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Associate Scientific Editors: J. W. Arntzen (Leiden/Oporto), R. Brown (Liverpool) Managing Editor: Richard A. Griffiths, The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Associate Managing Editors: L. Gillett, M. Dos Santos, S. V. Krishnamurthy Editorial Board: Donald Broadley (Zimbabwe) John Cooper (Uganda) John Davenport (Cork) Andrew Gardner (Abu Dhabi) Tim Halliday (Milton Keynes) Michael Klemens (New York) Colin McCarthy (London) Andrew Milner (London) Richard Tinsley (Bristol) BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY Copyright It is a fundamental condition that submitted manuscripts have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. By submitting a manu­ script, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to the publisher if and when the article is accepted forpublication. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints and photo­ graphic reproductions. Permission for any such activities must be sought in advance from the Editor. ADVERTISEMENTS The Herpetological Journal accepts advertisements subject to approval of contents by the Managing Editor, to whom enquiries should be addressed. Herpetological Journal website: http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/-bss l 66/HJ FRONT COVER: Scaphiophrynemarmorata (C. Raxworthy) HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 13, pp. 53-57 (2003) AUDITORY TUNING OF THE IBERIAN MIDWIFE TOAD, ALYTES CISTERNASII J. BOSCH1 AND W . W ILCZYNSKI2 'Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSJC, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Sp ain !Department of Psychology and Institute fo r Neuroscience, Un iversity of Texas, 330 Mezes Hall, Austin, TX 787 J 2, USA The studyofauditorytuning in anu ran amphibians is usefulfor understanding their reproductive behaviour. Au ditory tu ning is known for a relatively large nu mber of anu ran species bu t most of those studied are recently-derived species, rather than ancient. For one of the ancient species analysed, the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), an unusual mismatch was found between the dominant frequencyin the advertisement call and the tuning of the inner-ear organ that responds to the high frequencies characterizing the call (the basilar papilla). In this paper, the au ditory tu ning of a closely related species, the Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii), is analysed and the resu lts are discussed in relation to behavioural experiments perform ed on this species. The results indicate that in Alytes cisternasii basilar papilla tu ning closely matches the peak frequencyin the call, as is common forrecently-derived anu rans. Furthermore, the tu ning is consistent with behavioural measures of call preferences in this species. Key words: anuran communication, mating behaviour, neurophysiology, vocalization INTRODUCTION between average tuning and the average advertisement call dominant frequency. Females of several anuran spe­ Calls play a fundamental role in anuran communica­ cies have shown preferences for calls of lower than tion in both male-male acoustic competition and female average frequency, which are usually related to larger choice. This dependence has provided two effective male sizes (Ryan, 1988). For example, male midwife means by which anuran reproductive behaviour can be toads show non-random mating success (Marquez, studied: playback tests and neurophysiological experi­ 1993; Raxworthy, 1990), with larger males usually ferti­ ments. The former reveal the behaviours of males or lizing more clutches. In addition, for at least three of the females when exposed to advertisement calls, whereas four species of Alytes, larger males emit advertisement the latter generally reveal the response of the auditory calls with lower frequencies (Marquez & Bosch, 1995; system when exposed to sounds of different frequencies. Bush, 997), and females are preferentially attracted to In many cases these approaches have provided results I those lower frequency calls (Marquez, 1995a,b) . Neuro­ that are consistent with each other. Neurophysiology physiology studies in the cricket frog (Acris crepitans) studies have shown the anuran auditory system to be and the tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) have sensitive to frequenciesemphasized in conspecific calls shown that small mismatches between frequency tuning (Capranica, 1965; Zakon & Wilczynski, 1988; Gerhardt of the females' BP and male call frequency can poten­ & Schwartz, 2001) , and to indicate frequencies to which tially mediate mate choice for lower frequency calls, and both males and females do in fact respond preferentiaJly thus directional sexual selection (Ryan et al. , 1990, in playback studies (Capranica, 1965; Ryan et al., 1990; 1992). Therefore, the study of auditory tuning can pro­ Ryan et al., 1992). vide excellent clues to explain the non-random mating In anurans, the sensitivity to relatively low frequen­ success of males frequently observed in nature and the cies is mediated by the amphibian papilla (AP), one of resultant patterns of sexual selection . the two inner-ear organs that amphibians possess, Although the auditory tuning of a moderately large whereas sensitivity to relatively high frequencies is me­ of anuran species has been analysed to date, diated by the basilar papilla (BP), the other inner ear number of the approximately 25 species studied in any de­ organ (see reviews in Zakon & Wilczynski, 1988; Lewis most are recently-derived species rather than ancient (for & Narins, 1999). Different anuran species may have tail reviews see Gerhardt, 1988; Walkowiak, 1988; Feng et calls that stimulate both papillae, or may stimulate either 1990; Fox, 1995; Gerhardt & Schwartz, 2001). one. It is generally accepted that there is a reasonably al., Therefore, our understanding of how calls and tuning good match between the auditory tuning of the inner-ear to each other is based mainly on recently-derived organ stimulated by the conspecific advertisement call relate and the band or bands of frequency emphasized in the anurans. Wever (1985) used inner ear microphonic po­ tentials to characterize tuning in several ancient call (see review in Gerhardt & Schwartz, 2001). How­ amphibians (Ascaphus truei, Leiopelma hochstetteri, ever, there may be small, but significant, mismatches Rhinophrynus dorsalis, three Bombina species, and Correspondence: J. Bosch, Mu seo Nacional de Ciencias three pipids: Xenopus laevis, X .borealis and Pipa pipa), Naturales, CSI C, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, but did not discuss the relationship of tuning and calls in Spain. E-mail: [email protected] these species. In only two genera of anurans at the basal 54 J. BOSCH AND W. WILCZYNSKI level of amphibians, Bombina (B. variegata, B. orienta­ METHODS lis, and B. bombina) andAlytes (A. obstetricans), has the Ten adults of A. cisternasiiwere collected in January relationship of calls and tuning been addressed 1998 in Aliste (Zamora, West Northern Spain), from a (Mohneke &Schneider, 1979; Walkowiak, 1980, 1988; population sympatric with A. obstetricans. The capture see also Wever, 1985, for tuning data in Bombina). took place outside the breeding season, and the animals Findings in Bombina and A. obstetricans are inconsist­ were transported alive to the University of Texas at Aus­ ent. Mohneke & Schneider (1979) found a BP best ti11' USA ' and maintained in captivity. Both the anin1al excitatory frequency (BEF) of 1800 Hz. This value is room and the room in which the neurophysiology ex- very farabove the mean call frequency known for this periments were done were kept at 21°C. species (arow1d 1280 Hz in Spanish populations; Mar­ Nemophysiological experiments were perfonned be­ quez & Bosch, 1995) and, more importantly, this tween May 1998 and August 1999 using methods mismatch is in the opposite direction to the observed fe­ previously used successful,!)'. with other small anurans male preference for calls of lower than average (Ryan et al. 1990; Wilczynski et al., 1993; Wilczynski frequency (Marquez, 995a, b) . It is thus opposite to the l et al., 2001) . All procedures were approved by The Uni­ expected deviation that could explain directional sexual versity of Texas Institutional Animal Care and Use B. varie­ selection to low frequencycalls. In contrast,in Committee. gata there is a good match between frequency tuning of Animals were anaesthetized by immersion in a 2.5% the BP and the animal's call frequency (Mohneke & aqueous solution of urethane. The midbrain was ex­ Schneider, 1979). posed by opening a skin flap on the top of the head and Since the mismatch
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