Re-description of the larval external morphology of two species of the Leptodactylus fuscus group (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Authors

  • José A. Langone Museo Nacional de Historia Natural y Antropología
  • Rafael O. de Sá University of Richmond; Departament of Biology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p49-59

Keywords:

Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylus gracilis, Leptodactylus mystacinus, Leptodactylus fuscus group, tadpoles, external morphology

Abstract

The larvae of Leptodactylus gracilis (D'Orbigny y Bibron, 1840) and L. mystacinus Bumeister, 1861 are re-described and compared with previous descriptions noting intraspecific variation in oral disc characteristics (arrangement of papillae and rows of cornified teeth). The external morphological analysis of larvae of the Leptodactylus fuscus group suggest that the lack of comparable descriptions among species, as well as the lack of analyses of their intraspecific variation, limits the use of larval characteristics for diagnostic purposes.

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Published

2005-06-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Langone, J. A., & Sá, R. O. de. (2005). Re-description of the larval external morphology of two species of the Leptodactylus fuscus group (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 4(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p49-59