@article {58407,
	title = {Disease influences male advertisement and mating outcomes in a critically endangered amphibian},
	journal = {Animal Behaviour},
	volume = {173},
	year = {2021},
	month = {Jan-03-2021},
	pages = {145 - 157},
	abstract = {<p>The sublethal effects of infectious disease on reproductive behaviour and mating success are not well understood. Here, we investigated predictors of male mating success in one of Australia\&$\#$39;s most critically endangered vertebrates: the northern corroboree frog, Pseudophryne pengilleyi. Using a genomic approach to assign parentage, we explored whether infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a pathogen responsible for amphibian declines globally, influenced male calling behaviour and mating success. We also explored whether male mating success was predicted by phenotypic traits (age, body size, coloration, call characters) that potentially signal genetic quality, and the soil moisture (water potential) of male-constructed terrestrial nests, which may directly impact offspring survival. We found that Bd significantly influenced male advertisement; Bd-infected males produced calls with significantly higher pulse repetition rates than uninfected males. Older males had a higher probability of mating; however, variation in the number of eggs in a nest was most strongly explained by an interaction between male Bd infection status and call pulse repetition rate. We propose that these relationships may result from either pathogen-mediated changes to host behaviour or host-mediated changes to behaviour (e.g. terminal investment). Regardless of the mechanism, this is the first evidence that male mating success in an amphibian can be influenced by male Bd infection status, highlighting a novel mechanism through which this virulent pathogen can affect amphibian fitness. More broadly, these findings add to a growing body of evidence that pathogens can alter the reproductive biology of their hosts. From a conservation perspective, increased consideration of how sexual selection operates in altered environments has the potential to assist with the management of threatened amphibians worldwide.</p>
},
	keywords = {Amphibian, chytrid fungus, conservation, disease, female mate choice, fitness, male mating success, mating system},
	issn = {00033472},
	doi = {10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.007},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0003347221000087},
	author = {Kelleher, Shannon R. and Scheele, Ben C. and Silla, Aimee J. and Keogh, J. Scott and Hunter, David A. and Endler, John A. and Byrne, Phillip G.}
}
@article {58318,
	title = {A new species of cryptic Bush frog (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Raorchestes) from northeastern Bangladesh},
	journal = {ZooKeys},
	volume = {927},
	year = {2020},
	month = {Apr-04-2021},
	pages = {127 - 151},
	abstract = {<p>Raorchestes is a speciose genus of bush frogs with high diversity occurring in the Western Ghats of In- dia. Relatively fewer species have been recorded across India, through Bangladesh, southern China, into Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia. Many bush frogs are morphologically cryptic and therefore remain undescribed. Here, a new species, Raorchestes rezakhani sp. nov., is described from northeastern Bangla- desh based on morphological characters, genetics, and bioacoustics. The 16S rRNA gene distinguished this species from 48 known species of this genus. Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood analyses indicated that the new species was most similar to R. tuberohumerus, a species found in the Western Ghats, and to R. gryllus, a species found in Vietnam. Bioacoustics indicated that their calls were similar in pattern to most Raorchestes species, although number of pulses, duration of pulses, pulse intervals and amplitude differentiated it from a few other species. It is suggested that northeastern India, Bangladesh, northern Myanmar, and southern China represent important, relatively unexplored areas that could yield additional species of Raorchestes. Since many remaining habitat patches in Bangladesh are under severe threat from deforestation, efforts should be made to protect these last patches from further degradation.</p>
},
	keywords = {Amphibian, bush frog, DNA, herpetofauna, Raorchestes rezakhani sp. nov.},
	issn = {1313-2989},
	doi = {10.3897/zookeys.927.48733},
	url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48733/},
	author = {Al-Razi, Hassan and Maria, Marjan and Muzaffar, Sabir Bin}
}
