Evasive behaviour of a frog in response to bat predation

Chorusing frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus) visually detect hunting bats (Trachops cirrhosus) and models of T. cirrhosus on all but the darkest nights. Detection is apparently communicated rapidly, since all frogs in the area can quit calling withing less than a second of a T. cirrhosus arrival at the pond. Physalaemus pustulosus choruses remain silent longer following trials when a T. cirrhosus model is passed overhead than following normal shutdowns or those caused by a model of a small insectivorous bat. They often do not reduce calling in response to the normal activities of small bats.