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Embryonic development and mortality in Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum (Anura: Centrolenidae) of south-western Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2006

Tanya J. Hawley
Tanya J. Hawley
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables, Florida, 33124, USA
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Abstract

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The population biology and ecology of most members of the neotropical family Centrolenidae, or glass frogs, are unknown. Glass frogs deposit their eggs in a gelatinous mass on vegetation overhanging streams, the eggs hatch, and the tadpoles drop into the water, where they complete development (Savage 2002). This study will contribute to our limited understanding of centrolenid reproductive ecology by quantifying variation in clutch size, embryonic development and embryonic mortality in a population of Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum.

Keywords

amphibianseggsembryonic mortalityreproductive ecology
Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , November 2006 , pp. 731 - 734
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press