Thermal Tolerance in Anuran Embryos with Different Reproductive Modes: Relationship to Altitude

Table 1

Geographic localization and reproductive modes of the study species in Colombia. Categorizations of the reproductive modes, sensu Duellman and Trueb [2], are indicated in parentheses on the right side.

Species	Place	Altitude	Reproductive mode
R. marina and; R. humboldti	Payandé; (4°19′N; 75°06′W)	630 m	(1) String eggs deposited in lotic water (1)
H. crepitans and; D. microcephalus	Potrerillo; (4°14′N; 74°58′W)	430 m	(2) Superficial film of eggs deposited in lentic water (2)
D. labialis	Bogotá; (4°38′N; 74°04′W)	2600 m	(2) Egg mass deposited in lentic water (2)
E. pustulosus and; L. insularum	Ibagué; (4°21′N; 75°06′W)	827 m	(3) Foam nest deposited on ponds (8)
S. punctulata and; E. prosoblepon	Falan; (5°07′N; 74°58′W)	1150 m	(4) Arboreal eggs. Tadpoles drop into streams (18)
D. truncatus	Potrerillo; (4°14′N; 74°58′W)	430 m	(5) Terrestrial eggs. Tadpoles carried to water by adult (14)
P. uranobates	El Silencio; (4°36′N; 75°20′W)	2600 m	(6) Terrestrial eggs with direct development (17)
E. johnstonei	Bucaramanga; (7°07′N; 73°07′W)	950 m	(6) Terrestrial eggs with direct development (17)