Research Training Program

Jose Garcia-Lopez
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

W. Ronald Heyer, Ph.D.
Supervising Scientist
Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Division of Reptiles and Amphibians

"It's a great experience to work with all the staff here and also a once in a lifetime opportunity to see what the Smithsonian is really like."

Advertisement Call Variation in the Leptodactylus mystaceus Species Cluster

This project involved the analysis of calls from Leptodactylus mystaceus, a frog from South America. This frog showed two kinds of calls: a pulsed call and a non-pulsed call. After analyzing all the data, it was determined that the individuals of two specific localities are a sibling species to the other individuals of L. mystaceus.

This research was supported by a grant from the James Smithson Society.