The Semiterrestrial Tadpole of Cycloramphus rhyakonastes Heyer, 1983 (Anura, Cycloramphidae)

Author(s)

Nunes-de-Almeida, Carlos Henrique L. ^{[1, 2]} ; Zamudio, Kelly R. ^[3] ; Toledo, Luis Felipe ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Lab Hist Nat Anfibios Brasileiros LaHNAB, Caixa Postal 6109, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Cornell Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ithaca, NY 14853 - USA

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of Herpetology; v. 50, n. 2, p. 289-294, JUN 2016.
• Web of Science Citations: 1

Abstract

Frogs in the genus Cycloramphus are endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain and many are threatened or endangered. Cycloramphus species lay eggs either on moist rocks or in moist soil cavities on the ground. Tadpoles of only 8 of the 28 recognized Cycloramphus species are known. Herein we describe the tadpole of C. rhyakonastes on the basis of specimens collected at the type locality in southern Brazil. Cycloramphus rhyakonastes is an aquatic breeder with semiterrestrial tadpoles that live on moist rocks within the splash zone of high gradient streams. We compare the C. rhyakonastes tadpole with all congeneric tadpoles described to date and discuss adaptations in this specialized tadpole and those of other species that adhere to rocky substrates. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/51694-7 - Into the heart of an epidemic: a US-Brazil collaboration for integrative studies of the amphibian-killing fungus in Brazil
• Grantee: Luis Felipe de Toledo Ramos Pereira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/09964-2 - Phylogenetic reconstruction based on internal and external morphology of the genus Thoropa cope, 1865 (Anura, Cycloramphidae)
• Grantee: Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master