The "silent" half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations

June 30, 2025

Herpetologists have assumed, with very few exceptions, that only male frogs croak. Santana et al (2025) turn that assumption on its head: many female frogs also croak. The authors reviewed nearly 3000 publications and recorded reports of female vocalizations in more than 100 frog species, three…