DOI
10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.5
Abstract
The genus Odontophrynus consists of 11 species of medium-sized frogs distributed across south and east South America. This study examines and describes the chondrocrania and oral cavities of 0. americanus, 0. maisuma, 0. carvalhoi, and 0. cu/tripes, and reviews current knowledge about the larval external morphology of the genus. Twenty-one tadpoles were cleared and double-stained for chondrocranium description and five tadpoles were dissected for analysis in a scanning electron microscope. The presence of a tectum parientale may be considered here as a putative synapomorphy of the genus. The 0. americanus and 0. cu/tripes species groups were partially differentiated by the length of the processus pseudopterigoideus, shape of divergence of the hypobranchial plates, number of postnarial papillae, and number of projections of the lateral ridge papillae. The larvae of 0. occidentalis species group, in tum, differed from others by presenting a greater total length.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-12-2013
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2013 Magnolia Press. This article first appeared in Zootaxa 3700, no. 1 (August 12, 2013): 140-58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.5.
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Recommended Citation
do Nascimento, Filipe Augusto C., Tamí Mott, José A. Langone, Christine A. Davis, and Rafael O. de Sá. "The Genus Odontophrynus (Anura: Odontophrynidae): A Larval Perspective." Zootaxa 3700, no. 1 (August 12, 2013): 140-58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.5.
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