The tadpole of Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii, with comments on larval morphology of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura: Hylidae)

Author(s)

Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia ^[1] ; Tacioli, Andre ^[2] ; Faivovich, Julian ^{[3, 1]} ; Orrico, Victor G. D. ^[4] ; Grant, Taran ^[5]

Affiliation

^[1] Museo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Div Herpetol, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, IB, Dept Biol Anim, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Biodiversidad & Biol Expt, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[4] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Biol, BR-45662900 Ilheus, BA - Brazil

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Zool, IB, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 3904, n. 2, p. 270-282, JAN 6 2015.
• Web of Science Citations: 4

Abstract

We describe the tadpole of Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii. It differs from tadpoles of other species of Sphaenorhynchus in having a short spiracle, submarginal papillae, and alternating short and large marginal papillae in the oral disc. Some larval characteristics, like morphology and position of the nostrils, length of the spiracle, and size of the marginal papillae on the oral disc are discussed for tadpoles of other species of Sphaenorhynchus. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/10000-5 - A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification
• Grantee: Taran Grant
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/50741-7 - Diversity and conservation of Brazilian amphibians
• Grantee: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 12/12500-5 - Polymorphism and cryptic species: understanding South American biodiversity through the genus Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843
• Grantee: Victor Goyannes Dill Orrico
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral