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. 2017 Aug 7;8:186. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00186

Table 2.

Effects of arginine vasotocin (AVT) on anuran social behavior.

Sex Family Species Behavior Effect of AVT Reference
Male Ranidae Rana catesbeiana (=Lithobates catesbianus) Release calling Increase Boyd (76)
Advertisement calling Increase Boyd (38, 64)
Rana (=Lithobates) pipiens Release calling Decrease Raimondi and Diakow (77)
Leptodactylidae Physalaemus (=Engystomops) pustulosus Advertisement calling Increase Kime et al. (69)
Phonotaxis Increase Baugh and Ryan (78)
Hylidae Hyla versicolor Advertisement calling Increase Semsar et al. (79), Tito et al. (72)
Advertisement calling No effect Klomberg and Marler (73), Trainor et al. (74)
Aggressive calling No effect Tito et al. (72)
Release calling No effect Tito et al. (72)
Hyla cinerea Advertisement calling Increase Penna et al. (63), Burmeister et al. (68)
Acris crepitans Advertisement calling Increase Marler et al. (65), Chu et al. (67)
Eleutherodactylidae Eleutherodactylus coqui Advertisement calling Increase Ten Eyck (80)
Aggressive calling Increase Ten Eyck and ul Haq (70)
Parental care No effect Ten Eyck and ul Haq (70)
Bufonidae Bufo (=Anaxyrus) cognatus Advertisement calling Increase Propper and Dixon (66)
Amplexus No effect Propper and Dixon (66)
Dendrobatidae Ranitomeya imitator Parental care Decrease Schulte and Summers (81)
Pipidae Xenopus tropicalis Advertisement calling Increase Miranda et al. (71)
Amplexus No effect Miranda et al. (71)

Female Ranidae R. catesbiana (=Lithobates catesbeianus) Release calling Decrease Boyd (76)
Phonotaxis Increase Boyd (38, 64)
Rana (=Lithobates) pipiens Release calling Decrease Diakow (82), Diakow and Nemiroff (48), Raimondi and Diakow (77), Raimondi and Diakow (77)
Leptodactylidae Physalaemus (=Engystomops) pustulosus Phonotaxis Increase Baugh and Ryan (78)
Dendrobatidae R. imitator Parental care No effect Schulte and Summers (81)

For those species in which vocal behavior was studied (i.e., advertisement, aggressive, and release calling), “Increase” refers to an augmentation of the probability of calling or calling rate, or a reduction in latency to call (see text for further descriptions). Studies that measured any of these calling parameters but did not find an effect of AVT are labeled as “No effect.” For the studies evaluating the effects of AVT on phonotaxis, “Increase” refers to an increase in sexual arousal, measured as a shorter latency to approach a speaker playing advertisement calls, or increased choice behavior.