Female terribilis call

johnc · #1 (**permalink**) 06-08-2011, 06:01 AM

I thought i would go on record with this because most people don't believe female terribilis call. In the past 2 days I have witnessed a female yellow terribilis call in response to a male. These are Frye line yellow terribilis, bred by Shawn Harrington. They laid their first known clutch about 2 weeks ago and a second tonight. The female's call is very different to the male's call. When I first heard it I thought it was a very loud male tinctorius call but since I've only got one terrarium in my living room, I knew it had to be from the terribilis. The female repeated the call a few minutes later in response to a male. Today's call was also in response to a male. It is not quite as loud as a male but it's a lower tone, almost monotone. Very much like a very loud male tinctorius only lasting about 1-1.5 seconds, if that.

I'll try to get it on video if I can, but it seems to be a rare event.

Julio · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011, 07:55 PM

all frogs in the phyllobates genus have been known to call. all females that is.

stemcellular · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by johnc

I thought i would go on record with this because most people don't believe female terribilis call. In the past 2 days I have witnessed a female yellow terribilis call in response to a male. These are Frye line yellow terribilis, bred by Shawn Harrington. They laid their first known clutch about 2 weeks ago and a second tonight. The female's call is very different to the male's call. When I first heard it I thought it was a very loud male tinctorius call but since I've only got one terrarium in my living room, I knew it had to be from the terribilis. The female repeated the call a few minutes later in response to a male. Today's call was also in response to a male. It is not quite as loud as a male but it's a lower tone, almost monotone. Very much like a very loud male tinctorius only lasting about 1-1.5 seconds, if that.

I'll try to get it on video if I can, but it seems to be a rare event.

Not really rare, happens all the time in the genus. All of my females "growl" at the boys. I like to think that they are akin to gals from Cavan, John.

stemcellular · #4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011, 07:58 PM

have they played hopscotch for you yet? Its quite funny.

bronz · #5 (**permalink**) 07-09-2011, 12:30 PM

Aha, this may have answered the question I was searching for answers for before starting a new thread. I have a trio of yellow terribilis (from Mworks, great frogs, plug over) that are just over a year old. I've noticed the biggest of the three occassionally calling when one of the others comes into contact with it, it's happened now and again for the last three or four months, but it's becoming more regular. Could this be a female telling the boys where to go?

chesney · #6 (**permalink**) 07-09-2011, 02:05 PM

I would love to see a video! I've never heard a male Terribilis call, let alone a female.

rcteem · #7 (**permalink**) 07-09-2011, 02:35 PM

These are still on my list to get...thanks for helping me wish I had them even more now Ray and John...lol. I would love to see videos of them Ray or John

stemcellular · #8 (**permalink**) 07-09-2011, 04:23 PM

Try youtube, my vids are up there.

johnc · #9 (**permalink**) 07-09-2011, 05:19 PM

Bronz: that could well be the case.

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Originally Posted by stemcellular

have they played hopscotch for you yet? Its quite funny.

Ray they sure have. They're always entertaining.

Lisa: I posted a brief vid about a week ago, but still haven't gotten the female call on video.

bronz · #10 (**permalink**) 07-27-2011, 09:58 AM

Bit of a thread hijack but I thought I'd ask the question here seeing as it's still a bit on-topic...

The calling from my trio has increased a lot over the last couple of weeks, I've now managed to get towards the bottom of what's going on but still uncertain as it's my first experience with terribilis. There are two similar looking frogs and a larger, slightly fatter, more orangey one, that's the one I've seen calling before. Recently I've spotted one of the smaller frogs calling with no apparent stimulus, and generally hanging around the larger one. The big one only calls when the other frog comes into contact with it, there's no real difference between the pitch of the calls that I can tell, but could this situation be a randy young male trying to sow his oats and the female resisting his advances? The third frog shows no attention to any of it.