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We examined sixteen individuals collected near Fotabong and on Mount Manengouba: ZMB 78466 (one tadpole, Gosner stage 25, Manengouba village,
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<paragraph id="8B9F36EFFF84FFEAFA9252A3FCE4F817" blockId="5.[151,1436,1684,2033]" pageId="5" pageNumber="34">The description is based on four genotyped tadpoles (ZMB 78466, 78470, 78471, 78476) at Gosner stage 25. Body length/total length ratio, maximum tail length and height; as well as description of tail tip was based on nongenotyped specimens of the same developmental stage.</paragraph>
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Dorsal (a) and lateral view (b) of
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Long slender tadpole with narrow and long muscular tail; body elongate, elliptical in dorsal and depressed in lateral view (
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a, b); body length 29.9 ± 2.0% (N= 10) of total length; body height 40.6 ± 7.5% (N= 4) of body length; body width 52.2 ± 3.8% (N= 4) of body length; maximum body width on level of spiracle insertion; snout nearly rounded to truncate in dorsal view; nostrils oval, situated laterally; nostrils equidistant from eye and snout tip; eye diameter 8.3 ± 2.7% (N= 4) of body length; inter-orbital distance equals inter-nostril distance (inter-orbital distance of ZMB 78470 slightly exceeds inter-nostril distance); tail fins narrow; dorsal fin originating 0.31.0 mm (N= 3) anterior to tail base, narrow, reaching maximum depth after about first quarter, as high or only slightly deeper as ventral fin; ventral fin narrow, originates on level with tail base, almost parallel to tail axis; tail tip pointed; tail axis slender, edges almost parallel towards tail tip; body height 97.498.5 (N= 2) of total tail height; maximum height of tail axis 57.7 ± 2.7% (N= 5) of total tail height; vent tube dextral; lateral sacs present, extending from spiracle to end of body, covering lower two thirds of flanks; short sinister spiracle, translucent, opening lateral, not visible in dorsal view, originating at app. mid-body; mouth opening frontal; labial tooth row formula 0/0; both jaw sheaths fully keratinized and of narrow almost rectangular shape; upper jaw distinctly serrated, serrations almost uniform, slightly larger serration towards edges; lower jaw flat U-shaped, distinctly serrated with a lateral pair of caniniform projections (fangs), median part with six to seven needle-like cusps (
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d); one distinct serration abaxial to fangs; large semicircular posterior lip covered with 18 papillae; papillae symmetrically arranged along body axis; most papillae arranged in two semicircular rows, one near the lower jaw sheath, the second closer to posterior margin of lower lip (
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c); distinct short skin fold on lower lip, just posterior to lower jaw sheath; oral disc width 35.548.5% (N= 3) of body length; mouth width 23.131.8% (N= 3) of oral disc width.
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The largest tadpole at Gosner stage 25 (ZMB 78471) measured
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. Pale brown; dorsal parts of body and tail with irregular dark speckling; lower part of body and tail paler; anterior part of tail with longitudinal black line (not visible in life); only few dark spots on venter and on the last third of ventral tail fin; dorsal fin with dark spots, fins otherwise translucent cream-white.
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<emphasis id="B954EAFDFF86FFE8FA925437FE71FEFB" bold="true" box="[199,406,260,285]" pageId="7" pageNumber="36">Coloration in life</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="131B2A6AFF86FFE8FBFD5437FE0AFEFB" box="[424,493,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1271,1293]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,411,1250]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,411,1250]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Life coloration of Leptodactylodon tadpoles, from top to bottom: L. cf. polyacanthus punctiventris (ZMB 78551, Fotabong), L. boulengeri (ZMB 78471, Fotabong), L. ventrimarmoratus (ZMB 78554, Mt. Kala); pictures not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/285566/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="36">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Pale brown with dark brown speckles, some of them lighter brown; funnel dark, almost black; tail axis with whitish-blue spots; ventral fin with yellow spots; tail tip almost white; venter with light reddish coloration; some individuals with cream-white snout (like some
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<emphasis id="B954EAFDFF86FFE8F997547EFBD7FE82" box="[962,1072,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="36">L. bicolor</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B954EAFDFF86FFE8FE32547EFAA9FE82" box="[1127,1358,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="36">L. ventrimarmoratus</emphasis>
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).
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