Open AccessMicrohabitat of Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838) (Anura: Bufonidae) and it’s calling behaviour in Sumatera
Author(s) -
Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha,
M Kadafi,
Rijal Satria,
Andri Maulidi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1940/1/012064
Subject(s) - waterfall , predation , ecology , sound (geography) , front (military) , geography , biology , geology , archaeology , geomorphology , oceanography
Microhabitat use of amphibians have been widely neglected among studies on herpetofauna. The microhabitat structure is important when it served as reproduction site. Here we survey the microhabitat characteristics of Leptophryne borbonica and the mating calls. We observed 15 individuals perching on the rock in the middle of the stream and two others have been observed far from stream and other water bodies. The calling males perch on the moist and dry rocks. Interestingly, this species always calls on the rock which is located right in front of the water that fall from two intersecting rocks, creating the small-like waterfall with very noisy backsound. It might suggest the behavior of hiding from predators detection through the sound of environment.