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| Author(s): |
dos Santos Dias, Pedro Henrique
[1, 2]
;
Candioti, Florencia Vera
[3]
;
Sabbag, Ariadne Fares
[4, 5]
;
Colaco, Gustavo
[6]
;
da Silva, Helio Ricardo
[6]
;
Haddad, Celio F. Baptista
[4, 5]
;
Telles de Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Maria Paulino
[7]
;
Grant, Taran
[2]
Total Authors: 8
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Zool, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Blociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Unidad Ejecutora Lille CONICET FML, San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman - Argentina
[4] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Biodiversidade, Inst Biociencias, Rio Claro - Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Paulista, CAUNESP, Inst Biociencias, Rio Claro - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Rural Rio de Janeiro, Dept Biol Anim, Seropedia - Brazil
[7] Univ Fed Estado Rio de Janeiro, Dept Zool, Lab Biossistemat Antibios, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 7
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH; v. 59, n. 6, p. 1297-1321, AUG 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
The evolutionary success of anurans can be partially explained by the occurrence of free-living larvae. Tadpoles occupy several distict habitats, including the terrestrial environment. Semiterrestriality appears to have evolved seven times in anurans, and tadpoles of distantly related lineages have converged in a set of phenotypic characters, such as a depressed body, ventral mouth, massive, well-keratinized and laterally compressed jaw sheaths, low fins, and well-developed hind limbs. The semiterrestrial tadpoles of the South American family Cycloramphidae remain poorly studied. In this work, we perform a comparative analysis of the external and internal morphology of these larvae, we comment on the systematic and evolutionary implications for the family, and finally, we discuss the convergent evolution of semiterrestrial tadpoles in anurans. We studied the external, buccopharyngeal, and musculoskeletal morphology of semiterrestrial tadpoles of 14 species of Cycloramphidae. These tadpoles are highly modified and present several character-states associated with semiterrestrial life. Most of them are unique and restricted to the family, such as the novel configuration of the muscles subarcualis rectus I, rectus abdominis, and levator arcuum branchialium III. We propose 13 new synapomorphies for Cycloramphidae and one for Thoropa. The presence of similar, homoplastic, character-states in all semiterrestrial tadpoles of unrelated phylogenetic lineages seems to suggest that these character-states are adaptations for semiterrestriality. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/15425-0 - A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification: phase 2 |
| Grantee: | Taran Grant |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2 |
| 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: | 15/11239-0 - Morphological diversity in tadpoles of poison frogs (Dedrobatoidea: Dendrobatidae and Aromobatidae) |
| Grantee: | Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| 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: | 13/20420-4 - Evolution of larval characters in Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865 (Amphibia; Anura; Dendrobatidae & Aromobatidae) |
| Grantee: | Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |