A Centrolenid-Like Anuran Larva from Southeast Asia : COMMUNICATION : Taxonomy and Systematics

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Vermiform tadpoles of the treefrog family, Centrolenidae, live buried in leaf litter on the margins of streams in the New World. These tadpoles have, among other features, long tails with reduced fins, small, subcutaneous eyes and highly vascularized, nearly pigmentless skin. We describe here the first tadpole from Southeast Asia with this morphology. The tadpole was collected in a microhabitat similar to the one in which centrolenid larvae have been found. Except for the fact that the Bornean larva has more denticle rows, the tadpoles are virtually identical in external morphology. The Bornean tadpole probably belongs to either a ranid or rhacophorid genus but, since no metamorphic individuals with adult diagnostic features have been found, the taxonomic assignment is uncertain.
社団法人日本動物学会の論文
1990-06-15