Question

This frog species evolved from a group that uses primarily auditory signals (songs) to attract mates. It lives near tropical waterfalls, where it can be difficult to hear those signals, and interestingly, has evolved a second signal, “leg-waving.” Develop a study design that might allow you to determine whether the leg-waving serves only to get attention, or if females use male leg-waving to assess mate quality.

Answer 1

Frogs use different types of signals to attract females for matting like sounds and leg waving .Frogs that live near waterfalls have developed another type of attractive style instead of making sounds because of the noise of water i,e leg_waving .Many researchs have revealed that leg waving is due to the testosterone level while on the other hand it has been proved that leg waving is territorial in nature because it is found only in males and during matting too.