Redescription of the tadpoles of three species of frogs from Uruguay (Amphibia: Anura: Leiuperidae and Leptodactylidae), with notes on natural history

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1638 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDIO BORTEIRO ◽  
FRANCISCO KOLENC
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Reproductive Mode ◽  
Species Group ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Character Variation ◽  
Vent Tube ◽  
Inguinal Glands

In this work the tadpoles of the neotropical frogs Leptodactylus latinasus, Physalaemus biligonigerus and Physalaemus riograndensis are redescribed. Relevant features of L. latinasus tadpoles are a medial vent tube, labial tooth row formula (LTRF) 2(2)/3(1), and oral disc with a single row of marginal papillae interrupted by a dorsal gap, similarly to other species within the L. fuscus species group. Tadpoles of P. riograndensis have a medial vent tube, LTRF 2(2)/2(1), oral disc with single row of marginal papillae, interrupted by a dorsal gap and usually two ventrolateral gaps. The tadpole of P. biligonigerus has a dextral vent tube, the oral disc presents a single row of marginal papillae (sometimes double ventrally) with dorsal gap, and LTRF 2(2)/2(1). Although considered relevant for the taxonomy of Physalaemus, character variation of larval external morphology is incongruous with the phenetic species group arrangements proposed up to date. A reproductive mode previously unreported for P. riograndensis and P. henselii was observed: foam nests in the humid ground outside ponds. We also report the display of deimatic behavior in L. latinasus, L. ocellatus, P. henselii, and P. biligonigerus, in the last case with exhibition of the eye-like inguinal glands.

The tadpole of Chaunus dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron) (Anura, Bufonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1308 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDIO BORTEIRO ◽  
FRANCISCO KOLENC ◽  
MARCELO TEDROS ◽  
CARLOS PRIGIONI
Keyword(s):  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Maximum Height ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Species Comparisons ◽  
The Right ◽  
Vent Tube ◽  
First Time

Chaunus dorbignyi and Chaunus fernandezae are the southernmost taxa of the Chaunus granulosus species group (formerly Bufo granulosus group). The biology of these species has been scarcely studied. In this sense, larval external morphology of Chaunus dorbignyi is described for the first time and compared with other species of the granulosus group, particularly with C. fernandezae. The tadpoles of C. dorbignyi at stages 31–35 are about 15 mm, and belong to the benthic ecomorphological guild. They have a depressed body, a slightly truncated snout, and the spiracle is placed on the posterior third of the body. The tail axis is straight, the dorsal fin begins at tail-body junction and ends broadly rounded. The vent tube is medial, it starts at midline and opens usually to the right, but in some specimens it opens to the left. The oral disc has a single row of marginal papillae, large dorsal gap, medium-sized ventral gap, and labial tooth row formula 2(2)/2. A multivariate analysis of morphometric variables provided differentiation from tadpoles of C. fernandezae, based on interorbital, eye-nostril and fronto-nasal distances, body maximum height and width, and dorsal gap length. However, the general aspect of both species is quite similar, and comparable to the tadpole of a related species, Chaunus pygmaeus. Other known tadpoles of the granulosus group are those of Chaunus granulosus beebei and Chaunus granulosus major, which differ from the above mentioned species in having a more depressed snout and body, and labial tooth row formula 2(2)/3. The observed variability in the vent tube opening of C. dorbignyi (and also in C. fernandezae) seems to depend on how the beginning of the ventral fin is folded, which is attached to the tube. This fact may have lead to different interpretations of vent tube configuration in the granulosus group, and must be taken into account in between-species comparisons.

scholarly journals The tadpole of Hypsiboas atlanticus (Anura, Hylidae) from northeastern Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe A. C. do Nascimento ◽  
Marcelo G. de Lima ◽  
Gabriel O Skuk ◽  
Rafael O. de Sá
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
Single Row ◽  
The Status

The tadpole of Hypsiboas atlanticus (Caramaschi & Velosa, 1996) is described from the municipality of Maceió, State of Alagoas, Brazil. At stage 36 the larvae have an overall elliptical body in lateral and dorsal views, oral disc anteroventral, spiracular tube sinistral, and labial tooth row formula 2(1,2)/3(1). The oral disc is surrounded, almost completely (anterior medial gap present) by a single row of marginal papillae. Described tadpoles of the H. punctatus species group can be differentiated by a combined disc oral features. Additional descriptions of H. punctatus (Schneider, 1799) tadpoles from populations throughout South America may be helpful in determining the status of these populations.

Description of the tadpole of Leptodactylus pustulatus Peters, 1870(Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1523 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL O. DE SÁ ◽  
REUBER BRANDÃO ◽  
LORENA DALL’ARA GUIMARÃES
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Species Group ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
Gosner Stage ◽  
Oral Anatomy

The external morphology and oral disc of the tadpole of Leptodactylus pustulatus Peters, 1870, are described and illustrated for Gosner stage 39. The internal oral anatomy was analyzed with SEM at Gosner stage 36 whereas chondrocranial anatomy is reported for Gosner stage 35. The overall characteristics do not depart from those known for the genus Leptodactylus and they particularly agree for those of the melanonotus species group. The labial tooth row formula is 2(2)/3. Observations are presented that suggest that L. pustulatus engages in larval parental care.

Liolaemus duellmani Cei, 1978 (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemini), redescription of the holotype and variation in a microendemic and inadequately known species of Liolaemus from Northwestern Patagonia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5081 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-274
Author(s):  
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA ◽  
JUAN ESTEBAN VRDOLJAK ◽  
MARIANA MORANDO
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
External Morphology

Liolaemus duellmani is a microendemic lizard described from southern Mendoza, Argentina, representing the southernmost distribution of the Liolaemus montanus species group. The original description was based on a small batch of preserved material and a juvenile collected alive. Along the years, this poorly known species was rarely collected or observed in the field, with no additional reports or findings published until a recent description of an adult female which was considered as a rediscovery of the species. Here, we redescribe the species and describe variation on external morphology, coloration, and some natural history observations.  

scholarly journals A new reproductive mode in anurans: Natural history of Bokermannohyla astartea (Anura: Hylidae) with the description of its tadpole and vocal repertoire

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0246401
Author(s):  
Leo Ramos Malagoli ◽  
Tiago Leite Pezzuti ◽  
Davi Lee Bang ◽  
Julián Faivovich ◽  
Mariana Lúcio Lyra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Courtship Behavior ◽  
Reproductive Mode ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Vocal Repertoire ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
History Of ◽  
Epiphytic Bromeliads ◽  
Heavy Rains

Anurans have the greatest diversity of reproductive modes among tetrapod vertebrates, with at least 41 being currently recognized. We describe a new reproductive mode for anurans, as exhibited by the Paranapiacaba Treefrog, Bokermannohyla astartea, an endemic and poorly known species of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest belonging to the B. circumdata group. We also describe other aspects of its reproductive biology, that are relevant to understanding the new reproductive mode, such as courtship behavior, spawning, and tadpoles. Additionally, we redescribe its advertisement call and extend its vocal repertoire by describing three additional call types: courtship, amplectant, and presumed territorial. The new reproductive mode exhibited by B. astartea consists of: (1) deposition of aquatic eggs in leaf-tanks of terrestrial or epiphytic bromeliads located on or over the banks of temporary or permanent streams; (2) exotrophic tadpoles remain in the leaf-tanks during initial stages of development (until Gosner stage 26), after which they presumably jump or are transported to streams after heavy rains that flood their bromeliad tanks; and (3) tadpole development completes in streams. The tadpoles of B. astartea are similar to those of other species of the B. circumdata group, although with differences in the spiracle, eyes, and oral disc. The vocal repertoire of B. astartea exhibits previously unreported acoustic complexity for the genus. Bokermannohyla astartea is the only bromeligenous species known to date among the 187 known species within the tribe Cophomantini. We further discuss evolutionary hypotheses for the origin of this novel reproductive mode.

scholarly journals Tadpole of Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia & Recco-Pimentel, 2014) (Anura, Phyllomedusidae): description of external morphology and natural history notes of a microendemic species

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veluma Ialú Molinari De Bastiani ◽  
Joana Priscilla Boschetti ◽  
Tiago Gomes dos Santos ◽  
Elaine Maria Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Single Row ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of

Abstract: Pithecopus rusticus is a newly described species, of which information on its natural history, vocalization and tadpole morphology are still lacking. Here, we describe the larval external morphology of P. rusticus from the type locality, in the municipality of Água Doce, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, comparing it with that of other species of the genus Pithecopus and providing information on its natural history. Eggs from two spawns were collected and kept in the laboratory until hatching. The tadpoles of P. rusticus belong to the suspension-rasper guild. At Gosner stage 37, the tadpoles showed: body shape oval in dorsal view and triangular in lateral view; a tooth row formula of 2(2)/3(1); the third lower row six times shorter than others; marginal papillae uniserial, interrupted by a wide dorsal gap and with rounded tips; and a single row of alternate marginal papillae on lower lip. External morphological features were compared with those of other tadpoles of Pithecopus. Observations on the natural history of P. rusticus are also reported.

Uropodina species from Vietnam (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2807 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENŐ KONTSCHÁN ◽  
JOSEF STARÝ
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Soil Biology ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Soil Mites ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Eleven Species

Sixteen species of Uropodina were found in samples of soil mites from Vietnam, in the Institute of Soil Biology of the Biology Centre AS CR (Èesk Budìjovice, Czech Republic) and the Soil Zoology Collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest, Hungary). Five of them are known species — Angulobaloghia vietnamensis (Kontschán, 2008), Metagynella vietnamensis Hiramatsu, 1981, Uroobovella similitakensis Hirschmann, 1981, Uroobovella topali Hirschmann, 1981, and Uropoda hirschmanni Hiramatsu, 1977. Eleven species are described as new — Trachytes vietnamensis sp. nov., Dinychus serratus sp. nov., Trichouropoda aspera sp. nov., Uroobovella oviformis sp. nov., Uroobovella multisetosa sp. nov., Paradinychus pilosus sp. nov., Phymatodiscus kuni sp. nov., Uropoda setata sp. nov., Uropoda lichenicola sp. nov., Angulobaloghia scrobia sp. nov. and Depressorotunda (Depressorotunda) alveolata sp. nov. The genus Paradinychus is resurrected and three species are moved into this genus, as P. sumatrensis (Vitzthum, 1921) comb. nov. and P. fistulata (Hiramatsu, 1982) comb. nov. Keys to the species of the genus Paradinychus, to the Asian species of Trachytes and to the Uropoda spiculata species group are given.

An annotated catalog of types of Neotropical Pierinae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1022 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
STANISLAV P. ABADJIEV
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonym

A catalog of the type material of 59 taxa of Neotropical Pierinae housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, is presented. Each entry includes the species-group name, the original combination quoted from the original publication, the type locality, the type specimens with their labels, and notes about current taxonomic status. One new synonym has been established, Euterpe dysoni Doubleday, 1847 = Leodonta marginata Schaus, 1902. Lectotypes are designated for 5 species group taxa: Archonias intermedia Schaus, 1913, Hesperocharis jaliscana Schaus, 1898, H. paranensis Schaus, 1898, Pieris sublineata Schaus, 1902, and P. limona Schaus, 1913.

The type specimens of Papilionoidea in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
STANISLAV ABADJIEV ◽  
MARIO LANGOUROV
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Bulgarian Academy ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This paper comprises a catalogue of the type material of true butterflies (Papilionoidea) kept in the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The collection contains types of nine nominal species group taxa, described by S. Abadjiev, S. Beshkov, I. Buresch, H. Rebel, and K. Tuleschkow. Lectotypes have been designated for Colias myrmidone balcanica Rebel, 1901, Erebia tyndarus macedonica Buresch, 1919, E. gorge pirinica Buresch, 1919, Euchloe gruneri macedonica Buresch, 1921, Sathyrus [sic] arethusa strumata Buresch, 1919, and Doritis apollinus var. thracica Buresch, 1915. One new synonym has been established: Papilio arethusa arethusa [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775 = Sathyrus [sic] arethusa strumata Buresch, 1919, syn. nov. 

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