Rana sierrae annotated aquatic soundscapes (2022)

<p>This dataset is associated with the following manuscript, which contains details in the methodology of data collection and annotation: </p> <p>Lapp, S., Smith, T. C., Wilhelm, A, Knapp, R., Kitzes, J. In press. Aquatic soundscape recordings reveal diverse vocalizations and nocturnal activity of an endangered frog. The American Naturalist.</p> <p><em>Rana</em> <em>sierrae</em> (the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog) is an endangered species residing in high-elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The species is highly aquatic and, unlike most amphibians, primarily vocalizes while underwater. As a result, its vocalizations have rarely been recorded and its vocal repertoire is not well studied.</p> <p>This dataset contains an annotated set of underwater soundscape recordings containing <span>1236</span> annotations of <em>R. sierrae</em> vocalizations. We annotated five distinct vocalization types of<em> R. sierrae</em>, only two of which have been previously documented for this species. Besides the calls of <em>R.</em> <em>sierrae</em>, these audio recordings also contain stridulation sounds (not annotated), which were most likely produced by members of the family Corixidae or other aquatic invertebrates that stridulate underwater. </p>