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Science 11 January 1985:
Vol. 227. no. 4683, pp. 187 - 189
DOI: 10.1126/science.227.4683.187
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Do Frogs Communicate with Seismic Signals?

EDWIN R. LEWIS 1 and PETER M. NARINS 2

1 Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
2 Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024

Male white-lipped frogs exhibit conspicuous behavioral responses to calling conspecific males that are nearby but out of view. Since the calls often are accompanied by strong seismic signals (thumps), and since the male white-lipped frog exhibits the most acute sensitivity to seismic stimuli yet observed in any animal, these animals may use seismic signals as well as auditory signals for intraspecific communication.

Submitted on March 26, 1984
Accepted on August 27, 1984


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