Primer registro de un comportamiento de combate en la rana de cristal Hyalinobatrachium pallidum (Rivero, 1985) (Anura: Centrolenidae)

First Record of Combat Behavior in the Glass Frog Hyalinobatrachium pallidum (Rivero, 1985) (Anura: Centrolenidae)

• Arlene Cardozo-Urdaneta Asociación civil Vida y Mar, Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela.
• J. Celsa Señaris Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales. Caracas, Venezuela.

Keywords: Combat behavior, Hyalinobatrachium pallidum, Sierra de Perijá

Abstract

This paper describes, for the first time, a combat event for Hyalinobatrachium pallidum. During combat, males took a position similar to an amplexus, which was accompanied by confrontation vocalizations and extension of the fore and hind limbs. This behavior is consistent with the amplexus combat type (primitive) described in other synapomorphy of Hyalinobatrachium and defined as the Hyalinobatrachinae subfamily.

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