Orlov, Nikolai L., Rauhaus, Anna and Ziegler, Thomas (2018). First record of the Vietnam Flying Frog, Rhacophorus calcaneus Smith, 1924, from Khanh Hoa Province, including the first molecular identification and morphological description of larval stages. Rev. Suisse Zool., 125 (2). S. 231 - 239. GENEVA 6: MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE. ISSN 0035-418X

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Abstract

We herein report the first record of the Vietnam Flying Frog, Rhacophorus calcaneus Smith, 1924, which is previously known only from Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces, from Hon Ba Nature Reserve, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. We further describe the larval morphology of the species for the first time, based on a tadpole collection from Hon Ba which was genetically matched with topotypic metamorphosed Rhacophorus and R. calcaneus from Dak Lak Province. Morphological characters of the tadpoles (Gosner stages 32, 36, 37 and 41) are as follows: Body and tail brown with numerous dark spots, ventral surface whitish. Body medium-sized, slightly depressed, elliptical in shape. Eyes of moderate size, located dorsolaterally. In lateral view, spiracle single, sinistral; lower and upper tail fin nearly of same size. Oral disc anteroventrally positioned, of trapezoidal shape and laterally emarginated, surrounded by papillae. Keratodont row formula (LTRF): 7(2-7)/3(1). Larvae are exotrophic, lentic: benthic; larval type after Orton (1953) is type IV.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Orlov, Nikolai L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rauhaus, AnnaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ziegler, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-175586
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1414209
Journal or Publication Title: Rev. Suisse Zool.
Volume: 125
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 231 - 239
Date: 2018
Publisher: MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE
Place of Publication: GENEVA 6
ISSN: 0035-418X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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ZoologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17558

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