Abstract
The breeding behavior of Fejervarya multistriata was studied from the selected study sites in Mizoram for over three years between 2016 and 2019. In natural condition, breeding took place in group. The advertisement call of males consisted of a series of notes emitted at an interval of 0.1–0.4 s where the frequency spectra had a dominant band at 2670.1172 Hz and the band width ranges from 2497.8516–28422.3828 Hz. Morphometric measurements showed that females are larger than males with snout-vent length of 45.55 ± 1.54 mm vs 33.77 ± 1.03 mm, respectively. The clutch sizes ranges from 488 to 1035. We found that the calculated ‘t’ value 0.03 is less than the ‘p’ value, i.e. 1, therefore there is no correlation between SVL of females and clutch sizes.
Highlights
The dicroglossid frogs of genus Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 sensu Dubois & Ohler, 2000,1 currently consists of 13 nominal species distributed in South and Southeast Asia.[2]
From the present observation it was observed that Fejervarya multistriata is an early breeder, breeding is triggered by the first shower of monsoon rain from March following till August
Rainfall influences the reproductive phenology of many amphibian species, in tropical forests with seasonal precipitation[25]
Summary
The dicroglossid frogs of genus Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 sensu Dubois & Ohler, 2000,1 currently consists of 13 nominal species distributed in South and Southeast Asia.[2] Members of this genus are generally small to medium sized, semi-aquatic in habit and mostly live near the edge of ponds, marshes, rivers, forest streams and paddy fields.[3]. Reports from areas outside of this region almost assuredly apply to other species.[1]
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