花姬蛙蝌蚪对藻类的捕食效应

对花姬蛙(Microhyla pulchra)蝌蚪捕食藻类的效应进行了初步研究。结果表明,随着蝌蚪密度的增加,对蓝藻的总捕食量显著增加,但每只蝌蚪的平均捕食量随蝌蚪密度的增加而下降。文中讨论了蝌蚪在水资源环境保护中控制蓝藻暴发的意义。     

杀虫剂敌敌畏和除草剂丁草胺对饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪的急性毒性实验

采用静态换水法研究了杀虫剂敌敌畏、除草剂丁草胺对饰纹姬蛙(Microhyla ornata)蝌蚪的急性毒性影响。结果表明,杀虫剂敌敌畏对饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪的24-h、48-h的半致死浓度(LC50)分别为3．91μl／l和1．97μ/l;除草剂丁草胺对饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪的24-h LC50和48-h LC50分别为3．37μl／1和1．88μl／1,饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪对丁草胺的敏感性稍大于敌敌畏。     

温度对饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪生长的影响

为揭示温度对饰纹姬蛙(Microhyla fissipes)蝌蚪生长的影响,将同一家系发育至28期的45只蝌蚪随机均分为3组,每组15只,分别置于水温25、28、30℃条件下饲养,测定其全长、体宽、眼距、吻长及头体长5项形态指标,分析不同温度下各项形态指标的变化。结果显示,5项形态特征有基本一致的变化趋势,其中全长最易表征蝌蚪的生长状况。从全长看,25℃组蝌蚪生长发育缓慢,但在12 d后有加快的趋势;30℃组在饲养第3~12 d,生长最迅速(增长率β=50.05%),但在12 d后生长明显变缓(β=9.42%),而到28 d时,已有较多蝌蚪死亡(5/15);28℃组的蝌蚪生长发育态势最好,且在饲养第28 d均超过30℃组,其在3 d后加快的生长趋势也强于25℃组。其他4项指标与全长有类似的结果。综合结果分析表明,30℃下蝌蚪在后期(21 d后)的成活率明显降低,而25℃下其生长缓慢,提示28℃是饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪比较适合的饲养温度。     

泽陆蛙和饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪不同热驯化下选择体温和热耐受性

用泽陆蛙（Fejervarya limnocharis）蝌蚪和饰纹姬蛙（Microhyla ornata）蝌蚪做研究模型,检测热驯化（20 、25 和30 C）对选择体温（Tsel）、低温耐受性（CTMin）和高温耐受性（CTMax）的影响。结果显示,两种蝌蚪的Tsel既不受驯化温度的影响,也不存在种间差异;泽陆蛙蝌蚪的CTMin显著小于饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪,而CTMax和VTR则显著大于饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪;CTMin和CTMax随驯化温度的升高而升高,VTR则随驯化温度的升高而减小。研究结果表明,热驯化显著影响两种蝌蚪的CTMin、CTMax和VTR,而对两种蝌蚪的体温调定点无显著影响;这些热生物学特征对两种蝌蚪有效适应环境温度变化、利用资源、减少种间竞争具有重要的生态学意义。     

粤北山区饰纹姬蛙胚后发育的初步观察

初步观察记录了饰纹姬蛙Microhyla ornata胚后发育过程。饰纹姬蛙的卵采于广东韶关小坑国家森林公园,置于人工实验缸中自然孵化,在23.0～28.7℃水温条件下观察饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪胚后发育的过程。该蛙的胚后发育可以分为19期,历时31.1d,对其后肢芽、趾、前肢的发育,以及肛管及尾的变化等方面做了系统的描述,饰纹姬蛙蝌蚪的头长、体长、尾长和后肢长度随发育时间的增加而显著增长。     

饰纹姬蛙求偶鸣声特征分析

2012年5月,用SX950录音笔和Praat声音分析软件对浙江丽水繁殖季节饰纹姬蛙(Microhyla ornata)求偶鸣声进行录制和特征分析.结果表明,饰纹姬蛙发出的求偶鸣声具有单一谐波鸣声结构、多脉冲(7、9～16)及纺锤形振幅等特征;所有鸣声主频率范围为1.22～4.09 kHz (n=233),且由不同脉冲数组成的鸣声主频率平均值几近相等;叫声时程随脉冲数的增加而增大,脉冲时程在不同脉冲数鸣声中的大小几近相等,但最后一个脉冲的时程大小≤其他脉冲;脉冲间隔与叫声时程则刚好相反,即叫声时程越短,脉冲间隔就越大.在7个脉冲的鸣声中,其脉冲间隔最大,脉冲率最小;而在16个脉冲的鸣声中,脉冲间隔则最小,脉冲率最大.除7个脉冲和16个脉冲鸣声的脉冲率分别与其他鸣声存在显著性差异以外,随着叫声时程和脉冲数的增加,脉冲率也出现相应变化.在声强方面,除16个脉冲鸣声与其余所有的脉冲鸣声出现显著性差异以外,其他脉冲鸣声之间的两两比较差异不显著.丽水种群与其他5个地理种群(杭州、宣城、Kamoor、Bajipe和Padil)的鸣声特征比较显示饰纹姬蛙在不同地理种群的鸣声结构相似,而鸣声主频率、叫声时程、脉冲时程及脉冲率等在6个地理种群种均出现不同程度的差异.了解不同物种的声信号特征有助于更好地理解动物通讯行为及其进化特点.     

泽蛙、日本林蛙、饰纹姬蛙不同地理居群的核型多样性

本文研究了温州地区的泽蛙、日本林蛙、饰纹姬蛙的核型,并分析了9个地理居群泽蛙的核型、4个地理居群日本林蛙的核型和3个地理居群饰纹姬蛙的核型。结果表明,不同地理居群的同种蛙均有相同的染色体数和核型模式。泽蛙、日本林蛙都为 2n=26,NF=52,核模式5＋8;饰纹姬蛙 2n=24,NF=48,核模式6＋6。但同一种蛙的不同地理居群之间在SM数目和顺序、次缢痕或随体的位置等都有所不同,说明不同地理居群的同种蛙的染色体具有丰富的多样性。故保护蛙品种资源多样性,不仅要从整个群体上考虑,而且要针对每个品种（或类群）进行保护。 Abstract：The karyotypes of Rana limmocharis boie,Rana j.Japonica,and Microhyla ornata from Wenzhou were studied.The karyotypes of nine populations of Rana limmocharis boie,four populations of Rana j.Japonica and three populations of Microhyla ornata from different geographical regions were compared.The results demonstrated that the same species of different geographical populations have the same amount of chromosome and karyotypic formulae. Rana limmocharis boie and Rana j.Japonica have 2n=26,NF=52 and 5＋8 karyotypic formulae.Microhyla ornata has 2n=24,NF=48 and 6＋6 karyotypic formulae.But some dissimilarities were found among them.First,the number and sequence of submetacentric chromosome were different among them,and then the secondary contriction （SC）or satellite （Sat）were also different.It was showed that the chromosomes of same species of different geographical population have diversities.Conservation of frog genetic diversity must be considered of not only the genetic diversity conservation of the total frog population but also that of every frog breed.     

Shit Happens (to be Useful)! Use of Elephant Dung as Habitat by Amphibians

Although elephants are commonly cited as an example of ecosystem engineering, cases involving Asian elephants are missing in the literature. In a dry environment of southeastern Sri Lanka, I examined 290 elephant dung piles and found a total of six frogs from three different species in 1.7 percent ( N =5) of the dung piles. This suggests a facilitative role of elephants by providing habitat for amphibians.
     

河南省发现合征姬蛙

报道了采自河南商城县的一种姬蛙科标本,与河南已记载的饰纹姬蛙(Microhyla arnata)比较差异显著,经鉴定为合征姬蛙(M.mixtura)。该蛙在河南商城的发现,说明其分布范围不仅仅限于几个地区,可能为连续的带状分布。     

Determination of age, longevity and age at reproduction of the frogMicrohyla ornata by skeletochronology

Skeletochronological estimation of age, longevity, age at sexual maturity and breeding of Microhyla ornata was done. Frogs (n=62) were collected locally in August (rainy season) 1997 and brought to the laboratory. Body mass and snout-vent-length (SVL) of each frog was recorded; the 4th toe of both the hind limbs was clipped under anaesthesia, fixed in 10% formalin, demineralized in 5% nitric acid and processed for histology. Limb bones (femur, humerus, tibiofibula and radioulna) of 6 large sized frogs were also processed for skeletochronology in order to study the rate of resorption. Gonads of 25 frogs (belonging to different body size ranges) were processed for histology in order to ascertain the gametogenic status of individual frogs. One to four growth rings consisting of growth zones and lines of arrested growth (LAGs) were noticed in frogs of different body sizes; the number of LAGs remained identical in all the limb bones and phalanges in 5 out of 6 frogs. Back calculation indicated that the resorption rate is very low in this frog. Male frogs possessed sperm bundles in seminiferous tubules in the 1st year, while females showed yolky follicles in the ovary in the 2nd year. Frogs found in amplexus were 3 5 years old. The results suggest that this frog may live for a maximum of 5 years in the natural population.