Body Size, Reproduction and Growth in a Tropical Toad, Bufo melanostictus, with a Comparison of Ovarian Cycles in Tropical and Temperate Zone Anurans

Oikos ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 379 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Barker Jørgensen ◽  
Katre Shakuntala ◽  
S. Vijayakumar ◽  
C. Barker Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Bufo Melanostictus ◽  
Toad Bufo ◽  
Ovarian Cycles

Decline of Cane Toad, Bufo-Marinus, Populations - Status of Urban Toads

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 597 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Freeland ◽  
BLJ Delvinquier ◽  
B Bonnin
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Small Body Size ◽  
High Food ◽  
Cane Toad ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Toad Bufo ◽  
Low Rate

Cane toads from an urban population in Townsville, Qld, exhibit poor body condition and small body size, as do toads in populations around Townsville which have declined in numbers. The small body size and poor condition are associated with a high food intake and a low rate of parasitism. The results suggest that decline of rural populations is not a product of parasitism, or food and or water shortages related to unusually adverse seasonal conditions. Populations of cane toads around Townsville declined more than 3 years before this study.

Energetics of Growth in a Temperate Zone Toad,Bufo bufo: Effects of Growth Hormone

1987 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Barker Jørgensen ◽  
H. Wind-Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Bufo Bufo ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Toad Bufo ◽  
Toad Bufo Bufo

Changes in Plasma Sex Steroids in Relation to Reproductive Behavior of the Toad, Bufo melanostictus (Schn.)

Copeia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narahari P. Gramapurohit ◽  
Rajkumar S. Radder
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Sex Steroids ◽  
Bufo Melanostictus ◽  
Toad Bufo
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