Tree-frog magnificent

Magnificent tree frog Litoria splendida Male Parotoidand rostral glands Attracts female Splendipherin (peptide 25 residues) Wabnitzetfl/., 1999... 

The Australian magnificent tree frog breeds in the water, where males court females. A peptide, now called splendipherin, has been extracted from the male parotid and rostral glands and found to attract females in glass tanks at concentrations of approximately 10-13 moll-1.75 This pheromone attracts females from distances of up to a meter within minutes. 

RlOl J. H. Bowie, Splendipherin The Aquatic Male Sex Pheromone of the Magnificent Tree Frog Litoria Splendida , in Pheromones Theories, Types and Uses, ed. I. M. Gregory, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, N. Y., 2010,... 

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