Natural history

Selected relevant papers (available from WCF upon request):

Guayasamin, J. M., and W. C. Funk. 2009. The amphibian community at Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with a comparison of vertical microhabitat use among Pristimantis species and the description of a new species of the Pristimantis myersi group. Zootaxa 2220:41-66.

Funk, W. C., A. Angulo, J. P. Caldwell, M. J. Ryan, and D. C. Cannatella. 2008. Comparison of morphology and calls of two cryptic species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leiuperidae). Herpetologica 64:290–304.

Greeney, H. F., R. A. Gelis, and W. C. Funk. 2008. Predation on caecilians (Caecilia orientalis) by barred hawks (Leucopternis princeps) depends on rainfall. Herpetological Review 39:162–164. [JPG] [MOV]

Guayasamin, J. M., M. R. Bustamante, D. Almeida-Reinoso, and W. C. Funk. 2006. Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147:489–513.

Angulo, A., and W. C. Funk. 2006. Hyla calcarata (Rana de Espolones) and Hyla fasciata (NCN). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 37:203–204.