Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Guibemantis (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
Author
Vejarano, Silvia
Author
Thomas, Meike
Author
Vences, Miguel
text
Zootaxa
2006
1329
39
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174179
d0606cb6-b406-40d1-8bfc-f023cebeca32
1175-5326
174179
Guibemantis timidus
Vences & Glaw, 2005
Tadpoles of this species have been described by
Blommers-Schlösser (1979)
under the name
G. tornieri
. The specimens had been collected in Foulpointe (sea level) at the East Coast of
Madagascar
. They had body lengths of
3.5–4 mm
in stage 25, 8 mm in stage 27 and measured up to
15 mm
in stages 31–40; general body shape as a typical
type
IV tadpole (
Orton 1953
), oral disc laterally emarginated and bordered with papillae except for a wide dorsal gap; LTRF 1:4+4/1+1:2 to 1:5+5/1+1:2 (
Dubois 1995
) or 5(2–5)/3(1) to 6(2–6)/3(1) (
Altig & McDiarmid 1999
). For a more complete description see Blommers-
Schlösser (1979)
.