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On the behavior and breeding biology of the African pipid frog: Hymenochirus boettgeri
Author(s) -
Rabb George B.,
Rabb Mary S.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1963.tb01151.x
Subject(s) - mating , breed , biology , xenopus , zoology , parallels , evolutionary biology , ecology , communication , genetics , psychology , gene , mechanical engineering , engineering
Abstract Hymenochirus boettgeri may breed repeatedly throughout the year under captive conditions. Males call and exhibit territorial behavior. In mating the male makes stimulatory and inhibiting movements in response to the female's actions. Egg‐laying is accomplished in an upside‐down position at the surface of the water. Females unwilling to lay give a variety of rejection signals. The mating behavior has many parallels to what is known of other primitive frogs, especially Pipa pipa and Xenopus laevis.