First bioacoustic and morphological data for the presence of Pelophylax bedriagae in Bulgaria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First bioacoustic and morphological data for the presence of Pelophylax bedriagae in Bulgaria

Published:2018-03-01 Issue:1 Volume:5 Page:54-63
ISSN:2367-5144
Container-title:Acta Scientifica Naturalis
language:en
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Author:

Lukanov Simeon¹,Popgeorgiev Georgi²,Tzankov Nikolay²

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , Tzar Osvoboditel № 1, 1000 Sofia , Bulgaria .

2. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , blvd. Tzar Osvoboditel 1, 1000 Sofia , Bulgaria

Abstract

Abstract Water frog mating calls from two localities were studied and analyzed. Recordings were made in the summer of 2010 at the Arkutino swamp near the town of Primorsko and at the Vurbitza River near the town of Momchilgrad. A total of 154 calls were analyzed and the results suggested the presence of both the Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) and the Levant frog (Pelophylax bedriagae) in both sites, with the former being more frequent in Vurbitza River, and the latter – in Arkutino. At Vurbitza, we also captured and measured 2 specimens, which morphological characteristics differed from P. ridibundus and matched those of P. bedriagae. These are the first localities for P. bedriagae in Bulgaria.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/asn-2018-0008

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