Wildenhues, Marlen J., Gawor, Anna, Schmitz, Andreas and Ziegler, Thomas (2010). First description of larval and juvenile stages of Rhacophorus maximus Gunther, 1859 1858 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Rev. Suisse Zool., 117 (4). S. 679 - 697. GENEVA 6: MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE. ISSN 0035-418X

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Abstract

First description of larval and juvenile stages of Rhacophorus maximus Gunther, 1859 1858 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. - We describe the tadpole morphology of the Nepal flying frog, Rhacophorus maximus Gunther, 1859 1858, based on specimens originating from the lowland evergreen forest of the Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve in the Bac Giang Province in northern Vietnam. The description is based on exotrophic larvae of ORTON's type IV: lentic, benthic, nektonic in developmental stages 33-41, which were bred at the IEBR Amphibian Breeding Station in Hanoi and identified by DNA barcoding. DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene obtained from a tadpole voucher in developmental stage 35 used for the description had less than 0.18% sequence divergence to those of a sympatric adult frog, making the identification unambiguous. Tadpoles of R. maximus are of more generalized morphology with a labial tooth row formula of 5(2-5)13(1). In addition, based on (hand-) reared froglets and by identifying wild-caught subadults through DNA barcoding, we provide first data on colour pattern change from metamorphosed to adult stages.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Wildenhues, Marlen J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gawor, AnnaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmitz, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ziegler, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-492056
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.118618
Journal or Publication Title: Rev. Suisse Zool.
Volume: 117
Number: 4
Page Range: S. 679 - 697
Date: 2010
Publisher: MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE
Place of Publication: GENEVA 6
ISSN: 0035-418X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
TADPOLE; FROGMultiple languages
ZoologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/49205

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