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Issue: Vol. 3187 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.4
Page range: 54–56
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 3

The tadpole of Elachistocleis cesarii Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Microhylidae)

Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova, 59078–900, Natal, RN, Brasil
Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova, 59078–900, Natal, RN, Brasil Programa de Pós–Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059–900, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil
Laboratório de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210–971, Santo André, SP, Brasil
Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova, 59078–900, Natal, RN, Brasil
Anura Microhylidae

Abstract

The genus Elachistocleis Parker currently comprises 13 species widely distributed from Panama to central Argentina, east of the Andes (Caramaschi 2010). Because most species are difficult to diagnose and several currently recognized species might represent more than one lineage, tadpoles can contribute to the resolution of taxonomic problems (Rossa-Feres & Nomura 2006).

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