Red-legged frog

De Solla SR, Bishop CA, Pettit KE, Elliott JE. 2002. Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in eggs of red-legged frogs Rana aurora) and northwestern salamanders (Ambystoma gracile) in an agricultural landscape. Chemosphere 46 1027-1032. 

Blaustein, A.R., P.D. Hoffman, J.M. Kiesecker, and J.B. Hays. 1996. DNA repair activity and resistance to solar UV-B radiation in eggs of the red-legged frog. Conserv. Biol. 10 1398-1402. 

Schuytema, G.S. and Nebeker, A.V. Comparative toxicity of diuron on survival and growth of Pacific treefrog, bullfrog, red-legged frog, and African clawed frog embryos and tadpoles. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 34(4) 370-376, 1998. 

Kiesecker, J. M., Chivers, D. P., Anderson, M., and Blaus tein, A. R. (2002). Effect of predator diet on life history shifts of red-legged frogs, Rflwfl aurora.Journal ofChemicalEcology 28,1007-1015. 

The experiment involved two groups of tadpoles of red-legged frogs. They were placed in an aquarium partitioned by a screen that allowed water to flow but blocked communications by sight and sound. When a wooden heron (a bird that preys on tadpoles) threatened the tadpoles in the one compartment, those on the other side moved away from the partition and ducked under a shelter. The... 

Table 2. Changes in two growth parameters, measured for tadpoles of the red-legged frog R. aurora) exposed individually to different treatments for one month ...

Wilson, D. J., and Lefcort, H., 1993, The effect of predator diet on the alarm response of red-legged frog, Rana... 

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