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Amplexus Takeover in the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, in Dumka, Jharkhand, India
Abstract
I report an instance of amplexus takeover in the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, observed at Simardhuma village, Dumka District, Jharkhand, India, on 21 July 2025. Over an 18-minute sequence, a second male repeatedly interfered with an amplectant pair until the amplectant male released the female, after which the second male assumed amplexus. Although male replacement is known from this species elsewhere in its range, behavioural records from Jharkhand are scarce, and this note also documents conspicuous monsoon road mortality in the same landscape.
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BibTeX
@misc{bhandari2026amplexus,
title = {{Amplexus Takeover in the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, in Dumka, Jharkhand, India}},
author = {Kulesh Bhandari},
howpublished = {EcoEvoRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.32942/x25688},
url = {https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/15223/},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Amplexus Takeover in the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, in Dumka, Jharkhand, India
AU - Kulesh Bhandari
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
PB - EcoEvoRxiv
DO - 10.32942/x25688
UR - https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/15223/
AB - I report an instance of amplexus takeover in the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, observed at Simardhuma village, Dumka District, Jharkhand, India, on 21 July 2025. Over an 18-minute sequence, a second male repeatedly interfered with an amplectant pair until the amplectant male released the female, after which the second male assumed amplexus. Although male replacement is known from this species elsewhere in its range, behavioural records from Jharkhand are scarce, and this note also documents conspicuous monsoon road mortality in the same landscape.
ER -