Most animals begin life in eggs, protected and constrained by a capsule, shell, or other
barrier. As embryos develop, their needs and abilities change, altering the costs and …

Many species of frogs and salamanders, in at least 12 families, alter their timing of hatching
in response to conditions affecting mortality of eggs or larvae. Some terrestrially laid or …

Understanding phenotypic diversity requires not only identification of selective factors that
favor origins of derived states, but also factors that favor retention of primitive states. Anurans …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1183–1190 Abstract Organisms time activities by using
environmental cues to forecast the future availability of important resources. Presently, there …

The treefrogs (Hylidae) make up one of the most species-rich families of amphibians. With
885 species currently described, they contain> 13% of all amphibian species. In recent …

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

The leaf or monkey frogs of the hylid subfamily Phyllomedusinae are a unique group of
charismatic anurans. We present a molecular phylogenetic analysis that includes 45 of the …

Environmentally cued plasticity in hatching timing is widespread in animals. As with later life‐
history switch points, plasticity in hatching timing may have carryover effects that affect …

Evidence is accumulating for the widespread occurrence of environmentally cued hatching
(ECH) in animals, but its diversity and distribution across taxa are unknown. Herein I review …

The Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with 387 species, display a remarkable
diversity of reproductive modes–aquatic breeding, terrestrial gel nesting, terrestrial foam …