The tadpole of Scinax skuki (Anura: Hylidae) from the type locality,with a description of its larval skeleton |
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| Authors: | Giovana Duarte Viana Rodrigues João Paulo Felix Augusto de Almeida Tamí Mott |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Setor de Zoologia, Museu de História Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil;2. Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Diversidade Biológica e Conserva??o nos Trópicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil;3. Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Herein, we provide external and internal morphological data of Scinax skuki tadpoles from its type locality. The benthic tadpole of S. skuki has eyes and nostrils positioned dorsally, vent tube dextral and reaching the free margin of the ventral fin, oral disk ventral with posterior margin concave when partially closed, labial tooth row formula 2/3, and the presence of nonpigmented spurs behind the lower jaw. These characters, together with the absence of a tectum parietale, and the shapes of the pars articularis quadrati and suprarostral, are useful for species identification and may be informative for systematic purposes. |
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| Keywords: | Larval external morphology chondrocranium hyobranchial apparatus Scinax catharinae group systematics |
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