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Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-06
Page range: 270–282
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The tadpole of Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii, with comments on larval morphology of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura: Hylidae)

División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”-CONICET, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Departamento de Biologia Animal, I.B., Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.
División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”-CONICET, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, 45662-900, Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil.
Departamento de Zoologia, I.B.,Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
Hylinae Dendropsophini Sphaenorhynchus taxonomy systematics

Abstract

We describe the tadpole of Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii. It differs from tadpoles of other species of Sphaenorhynchus in having a short spiracle, submarginal papillae, and alternating short and large marginal papillae in the oral disc. Some larval characteristics, like morphology and position of the nostrils, length of the spiracle, and size of the marginal papillae on the oral disc are discussed for tadpoles of other species of Sphaenorhynchus.