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Abstract

We investigated the seasonal adaptations of the myobatrachid frog Girard, 1863 in a commercial forest in southern Tasmania, Australia. Seasonal variation in activity patterns, body size and body condition was investigated. Although C does not hibernate over winter, activity levels arc much reduced during this time. Females trapped in summer were smaller than those captured throughout the remainder of the year. We interpreted seasonal variation in the condition of captured frogs as an indication that breeding in spring and
early summer is metabolically costly and fat stores are replenished by extensive foraging in summer. Fat stores accumulated in summer and autumn by males are used for body maintenance over winter and breeding in the following spring.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Lauck, B and Swain, R and Bashford, R
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.139.29
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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