The Mexican leaf frog and its reproductive behavior /

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1978

Creator: produced by the [University of Arizona] Radio-TV-Film Bureau.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Bagnara, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas), 1929- wrting, camera/lighting.; Kerstitch, Alex N., camera/lighting.; Kozachik, Pete, editing.; University of Arizona. Radio-TV-Film Bureau, production company.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center, distributor.

Description: "A University of Arizona film production."--Opening title.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Written by Joseph T. Bagnara, PhD ; edited by Pete Kozachik ; cinematography by Alex Kerstitch and Joseph T. Bagnara, PhD.; Narrator, David Graham.; "Informative study of the mating behavior of the leaf frog (Pachymedusa dacnicolor), an inhabitant of the semitropical lowlands of Mexico. Beautifully shot in a small greenhouse environment, the film shows the entire egg-laying process, male and female coupling behavior, interaction with additional makes, hatching of tadpoles, emergence at metamorphosis, and other aspects of leaf frog biology."--Extension Media Center catalog, 1995-1998, page 71.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE