Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert

Locomotion is a fundamental aspect in the life cycle of any organism, and plays a crucial role in survival, feeding, escaping from predators, territoriality, and reproduction. Locomotion in amphibian anurans includes swimming, walking, jumping, climbing, and gliding. Amphibians living in arid region...

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Main Authors: Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel, Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz, Rodríguez, César Yamil, Bustos, Daniel, Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17899
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196324000703
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105190
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author Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel
Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz
Rodríguez, César Yamil
Bustos, Daniel
Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo
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Bustos, Daniel
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description Locomotion is a fundamental aspect in the life cycle of any organism, and plays a crucial role in survival, feeding, escaping from predators, territoriality, and reproduction. Locomotion in amphibian anurans includes swimming, walking, jumping, climbing, and gliding. Amphibians living in arid regions face a constant compromise between hydration balance and locomotor performance. We studied the effects of water stress on the locomotion of the frog Pleurodema nebulosum, a specialist from the Monte Desert. Locomotor performance was measured through different physical variables during the jump. The locomotor performance of P. nebulosum showed a significant decrease in the magnitudes associated with a decrease in body hydration. Our study demonstrated how a desert adapted frog (P. nebulosum) showed changes in locomotion related to the loss of body water. Additionally, we observed an abrupt drop in locomotion with 15% desiccation, followed by a plateau where the evaluated pa rameters remained stable. Pleuroderma nebulosum showed a clear adaptation to extreme desiccation. The frogs are rarely found in optimal hydration conditions as the environment in which they develop is extremely stressful from a water perspective. The data evaluated here are the beginning of a deeper exploration of the desert ad aptations of South American desert frogs.
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spelling INTA178992024-05-24T16:20:31Z Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz Rodríguez, César Yamil Bustos, Daniel Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo Amphibians Dehydration Water Balance Frogs Anfibios Deshidratación Balance Hídrico Rana Leptodactylidae Argentina Pleurodema nebulosum Locomotion is a fundamental aspect in the life cycle of any organism, and plays a crucial role in survival, feeding, escaping from predators, territoriality, and reproduction. Locomotion in amphibian anurans includes swimming, walking, jumping, climbing, and gliding. Amphibians living in arid regions face a constant compromise between hydration balance and locomotor performance. We studied the effects of water stress on the locomotion of the frog Pleurodema nebulosum, a specialist from the Monte Desert. Locomotor performance was measured through different physical variables during the jump. The locomotor performance of P. nebulosum showed a significant decrease in the magnitudes associated with a decrease in body hydration. Our study demonstrated how a desert adapted frog (P. nebulosum) showed changes in locomotion related to the loss of body water. Additionally, we observed an abrupt drop in locomotion with 15% desiccation, followed by a plateau where the evaluated pa rameters remained stable. Pleuroderma nebulosum showed a clear adaptation to extreme desiccation. The frogs are rarely found in optimal hydration conditions as the environment in which they develop is extremely stressful from a water perspective. The data evaluated here are the beginning of a deeper exploration of the desert ad aptations of South American desert frogs. EEA San Juan Fil: Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas; Argentina Fil: Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Juan; Argentina. Fil: Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina Fil: Rodríguez, César Yamil. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Rodríguez, César Yamil. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina Fil: Bustos, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina Fil: Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas; Argentina Fil: Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina 2024-05-24T16:07:42Z 2024-05-24T16:07:42Z 2024-05-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17899 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196324000703 0140-1963 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105190 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Journal of Arid Environments 223 : 105190 (August 2024)
spellingShingle Amphibians
Dehydration
Water Balance
Frogs
Anfibios
Deshidratación
Balance Hídrico
Rana
Leptodactylidae
Argentina
Pleurodema nebulosum
Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel
Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz
Rodríguez, César Yamil
Bustos, Daniel
Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo
Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title_full Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title_fullStr Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title_full_unstemmed Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title_short Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert
title_sort effect of water stress on locomotor performance in pleurodema nebulosum anura leptodactylidae a native frog from the argentina monte desert
topic Amphibians
Dehydration
Water Balance
Frogs
Anfibios
Deshidratación
Balance Hídrico
Rana
Leptodactylidae
Argentina
Pleurodema nebulosum
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17899
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196324000703
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105190
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