Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

The quality and fertility of sperm collected from European common frog (Rana temporaria) carcasses refrigerated for up to 7 days

Authors: Natalia V. Shishova, Viktor K. Uteshev, Nikolai P. Sirota, Elena A. Kuznetsova, Svetlana A. Kaurova, Robert K. Browne, Edith N. Gakhova

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, anuran, DNA integrity, reproduction technologies, sperm, storage

2013

Leopard frog priorities in choosing between prey at different locations

Authors: Dudkin, EA. Peiffer, T. Burkitt, B. Neeb, CN. Gruberg, ER.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: *choice behavior, rana pipiens, visual attention, visual recognition

2011

Analyzing acoustic interactions in natural bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) choruses

Authors: Andrea Megela Simmons, James A. Simmons, Mary E. Bates

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: advertisement call, auditory scene, bullfrog, chorus, microphone array

2008

Responses to Sounds in the Central Auditory System of the Frog: An Advanced Electrophysiology Laboratory in Sensory Processing

Authors: Michael J. Ferragamo, Janine M. Wotton

Publication/Journal: The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Keywords: comparative model, rana, sensory coding, undergraduate neuroscience

2006

Habituation and sensitization of aggression in bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana): Testing the dual-process theory of habituation

Authors: M.A. Bee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: aggression, bullfrogs, habituation, rana, sensitization

2001

Habituation as a mechanism of reduced aggression between neighboring territorial male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Authors: Mark A. Bee, H.Carl Gerhardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: aggression, bullfrogs, habituation, rana

2001

Androgen levels in a Bornean voiceless frog, Rana blythi

Authors: S.B. Emerson, C.N. Rowsemitt, D.L. Hess

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: androgen levels, bornean rain forest, frogs, horomones, parental care, rana blythi, secondary sex characteristics, testosterone, voiceless frogs

1993

Intracelomic use of tricaine methanesulfonate for anesthesia of bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) and leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)

Authors: James Letcher

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anuran, intracelomic injection, ms-222

1992

Effects of short postcapture confinement on plasma reproductive hormone and corticosterone profiles in Rana esculenta during the sexual cycle

Authors: M. Paolucci, V. Esposito, M.M. Fiore, V. Botte

Publication/Journal: Italian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: amphibia, gonadal hormones, hormonal control of sexual cycle, rana esculenta

1990