Spatial Interactions between Two Species of Frogs: Rana okaloosae and R. clamitans clamitans

摘要: Abstract Rana okaloosae is endemic to northwestern Florida and sympatric with R. clamitans clamitans, its closest relative possibly main interspecific competitor. We evaluated the movements, dynamic interactions, nearest neighbor distances of male c. in Okaloosa County, Florida. Mean minimum daily moved maximum were greater for than okaloosae. Dynamic interactions tended be positive suggested that there associations between individuals two species. Further, analyses calling males both species positioned a clumped distribution on any single night. The intraspecific these complex may have selected similar locations appeared not exclude either conspecifics or heterospecifics.