Megophrys (Atympanophrys) gigantica
In: The tadpoles of five Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from the Hoang Lien Range, Vietnam, pp. 35-52 in Zootaxa 4845(1) 37-39, 2020, S. 35-52
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Megophrys (Atympanophrys) gigantica Figs. 1, 2A, 3A, and 4 Molecular data: 16S sequences were generated from tissue samples of two tadpoles. Uncorrected p -distance between the tadpoles in this study and sequences from M. gigantica specimens collected approximately 390 km to the northwest in the proximity of the type locality; Mount Wuliang, Yunnan Province, China (GenBank accession numbers; MH 406775; MH 406776 & KX 811898) were 0.2 %. Collection site: The following tadpole description is based on 5 specimens VNMN010898, VNMN010899, VNMN010900, HLNP 20180320 00009 & HLNP 20180320 00010) at Stage 35. Specimens were found actively feeding near the bank in a large pool in a 2 m wide stream in heavily disturbed evergreen forest on Mount Pu Ta Leng, Bat Xat Nature Reserve, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (22.4322°N 103.6297°E, 1912 m asl; Figs. 1 and 2A), collected at 15:00 h on 20 March 2018 by Luan Nguyen, Christopher Portway, Chung Nguyen and Benjamin Tapley. Morphology: The body is longitudinally oval shaped and dorsally compressed; the nares are oval and are closer to the eyes than to the snout, the rims of the nares are serrated, raised from the body wall and open anterolaterally; the internarial distance is less than the interorbital distance; the eyes are positioned dorsolaterally, the pupils are round; the spiracle is sinistral and the spiracular tube protrudes from nearly two thirds of the way along the body wall just anterior to the maximal trunk width, the spiracular tube opens laterally; the mean tail length is 66.6% (63.2–68.4%, n =5) of the total length; the dorsal tail fin inserts behind the body-tail junction, the dorsal fin is low, particularly at the proximal half of the tail length; the mean basal tail width is 42.1% (37.2–45.1%, n =5) of the maximal trunk width, the tail tip is broadly rounded; the oral disc is subterminal and antero-dorsal, the lateral corners fold medially and turn upward when not fully extended (and in preservative), the mean width of the umbelliform oral ...
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Megophrys (Atympanophrys) gigantica
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tapley, Benjamin ; Nguyen, Luan Thanh ; Cutajar, Timothy ; Nguyen, Chung Thanh ; Portway, Christopher ; Luong, Hao Van ; Rowley, Jodi J. L. |
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Zeitschrift: | The tadpoles of five Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from the Hoang Lien Range, Vietnam, pp. 35-52 in Zootaxa 4845(1) 37-39, 2020, S. 35-52 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2020 |
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DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.4477445 |
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