Rana sierrae annotated aquatic soundscapes (2022)

This dataset is associated with the following manuscript, which contains details in the methodology of data collection and annotation: 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. Rana sierrae (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. This dataset contains an annotated set of underwater soundscape recordings containing 1236 annotations of R. sierrae vocalizations. We annotated five distinct vocalization types of R. sierrae, only two of which have been previously documented for this species. Besides the calls of R. sierrae, 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.