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Table 1 Plectrohyla species used for the different methods applied

From: Love bites: male frogs (Plectrohyla, Hylidae) use teeth scratching to deliver sodefrin precursor-like factors to females during amplexus

 

P. sagorum

P. matudai

P. hartwegi

Behavioural observations (mating)

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Teeth length comparison between males and females

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Distance between male teeth vs. Female scratches

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Microscopic structures of lip glands

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Lip gland protein expression and phylogenetic analysis

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