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Figure 1. Photographs of the oral disc of the preserved voucher specimens of tadpoles described in this paper (stained with methylene blue). (A)
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(ZSM 756/2004 FGMV 2003-1946); (F)
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0674/2008 T 001); (I)
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Figure 2. Drawings of the preserved DNA voucher tadpole of
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFB6CE18A1FEFF0605DAFF71" box="[213,508,166,190]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFB6CE18A1FEFF6E0576FE2A" blockId="14.[213,1170,206,485]" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883">Predominantly pale brownish. Light, pale brown melanophoric pigment covers dorsum. Dark brown patches scattered irregularly on skin and condensed to form dark patches especially above neurocranium and whole dorsum. Laterally, jugal area and flank covered by light brown condensed reticulations, mainly between eye and spiracle, leaving obvious transparent spiracle on pale body wall. Tail musculature overlain by dense light brown reticulations leaving conspicuous lateral tail vein all along tail. Fins pale and unpigmented. Ventrally, oral disc, gular and branchial regions beige with a few blotches; venter covered by light brown condensed reticulations. Intestinal coils not visible.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFB6CE18A1FEFD93051AFD85" box="[213,316,563,586]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883">Variation</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFB6CE18A1FEFDFA05CBFD5D" blockId="14.[213,1170,602,658]" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883">All 19 non-DNA-voucher specimens of this series show the same external morphology as the voucher specimen.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="68E63390FFB6CE18A0C6FD190783FD1E" authority="(Ahl, 1929)" baseAuthorityName="Ahl" baseAuthorityYear="1929" box="[493,933,697,722]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Gephyromantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sculpturatus">
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFB6CE18A1FEFC8F0581FC88" box="[213,423,815,839]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="2883">Material examined</emphasis>
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16S rRNA sequence of this specimen was 100% identical to a reference sequence of a
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In dorsal view, body elliptical. Maximal body width attained at mid-body (SBW 50% of BL), snout pointed. In lateral view, body depressed (BW 138% of BH), maximal body height attained between 3/5 and 4/5 of body length (SBH 63% of BL), snout broadly rounded. Eyes large (ED 19% of BL), visible from ventral view, positioned high (EH 64% of BH) laterally, directed laterally, situated between 2/10 and 3/10 of body length (SE 24% of BL). Distance between eyes wide (IOD 74% of BW). Nares small (ND 1.7% of BL), round, countersunk, positioned moderately high (NH 41% of BH) laterally, oriented ventrally, situated nearer to snout than eye (RN 34% of NP) and below eye level (NH 63% of EH). Distance between nares moderately wide (IND 47% of IOD). Dark spot posterior to nares absent, other ornamentation absent. Spiracle sinistral, small (SL 8% of BL), directed posterodorsally, visible neither from ventral nor from dorsal view, but perceptible laterally. Inner wall absent. Opening round, situated between 3/5 and 4/5 of body length (SS 63% of BL), located low on body (SH 36% of BH) and below height of contact of axis of tail myotomes with body (SH 56% of HAB). Vent tube medial, moderately long (VL 11% of BL), not attached to ventral fin. No dorsolateral glands visible. Tail very long (TAL 303% of BL). Maximal tail height higher than body height (MTH 106% of BH). Tail height at mid-tail almost equal to body height and as high as maximal tail height (THM 105% of BH and THM 100% of MTH). Tail height at beginning of the tail lower than body height (TH 80% of BH). Caudal musculature well developed (TMW 53% of BW, TMH 70% of BH, TMH 88% of TH and 66% of MTH, TMHM 66% of THM, TMHM 66% of MTH). Tail muscle reaches tail tip. Fins very low (DF 20% of TMHM, VF 32% of TMHM), dorsal fin lower than ventral fin at mid-tail (DF 61% of VF). Dorsal fin originates on the anterior 1/4 of tail, increases progressively to attain maximal height at maximal tail height, and then descends slightly towards tail tip. Ventral fin originates on caudal musculature just behind vent tube, increases gradually to attain maximal height at maximal tail height, and then declines towards tail tip. Maximal tail height located at 3/5 of tail length (DMTH 60% of TAL). Caudal vein and myosepta not visible. Point of contact of axis of the tail myotomes with body located on upper half of body (HAB 65% of BH), axis of tail myotomes parallel with axis of trunk. Tail tip narrowly rounded. Oral disc very small (ODW 8% of BW), elliptical, positioned and directed ventrally. Four small papillae present, two each ventrolaterally of oral disc opening. Inner papillae larger (
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Colouration in life (
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16S rRNA sequence of this specimen was 98.5% identical to a reference sequence of a
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Figure 3. Colouration in life of tadpoles of three species of
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in dorsal, lateral and ventral views. (A)
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Figure 4. Drawings of the preserved DNA voucher tadpole of
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In dorsal view, body elliptical, maximal body width attained between 3/5 and 4/5 of body length (
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117% of BH), maximal body height attained at 3/5 of body length (
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17% of
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19% of
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62% of
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55% of
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65% of
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). Vent tube medial, long (
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18% of
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), not attached to ventral fin. No dorsolateral glands visible. Tail very long (
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303% of
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), maximal tail height as high as body height (
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100% of BH), tail height at mid-tail lower than body height and maximal tail height (
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87% of BH and
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88% of
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), tail height at beginning of tail lower than body height (TH 73% of BH). Caudal musculature well developed (TMW 47% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFAACE04A2C9FBA8002BFBD0" box="[994,1037,1032,1055]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2887">BW</collectionCode>
,
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60% of BH,
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81% of TH and 60% of
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,
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFAACE04A3FFFB880716FBF0" box="[724,816,1064,1087]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2887">TMHM</collectionCode>
68% of
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,
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFAACE04A2F4FB88001DFBF0" box="[991,1083,1064,1087]" pageId="18" pageNumber="2887">TMHM</collectionCode>
60% of
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). Tail muscle reaches tail tip. Fins very low (DF 25% of
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, VF 22% of
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), dorsal fin higher than ventral fin at mid-tail (
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114% of VF). Dorsal fin originates after dorsal bodytail junction, increases progressively to attain its maximal height at maximal tail height, and then descends slightly towards tail tip. Ventral fin originates on caudal musculature just behind vent tube, increases gradually to attain its maximal height at maximal tail height, and then declines towards tail tip. Maximal tail height located between 3/5 and 4/5 of tail length (
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69% of
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). Caudal vein visible on anterior 3/4 of tail, myosepta invisible. Point of contact of axis of tail myotomes with body located in upper half of body (
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60% of BH), axis of tail myotomes not parallel with axis of trunk. Tail tip narrowly rounded. Oral disc very small (
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15% of
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), positioned and directed ventrally, not visible from dorsal view and not connected to the snout. Oral disc opening triangular, lower labium absent and upper folded to form a triangular opening. Papillae, jaw sheaths and keratodonts absent.
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Colouration in life (
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)
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAACE05A1FEF9CA0562FEF2" blockId="18.[213,1170,1642,1698]" lastBlockId="19.[144,1101,166,317]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="2888" pageId="18" pageNumber="2887">Typically yellowish. Dorsal skin covered by brown variegated melanophores. Dorsolateral and lateral regions with same pattern as dorsal part. Slightly unpigmented spiracle perceptible. Tail musculature yellowish with irregular brown blotches grouping to form irregular networks. Their density increases towards tail tip. Fins yellow, reticulated. Ventrally, oral disc and gular region whitish with brown blotches, branchial area reddish and beating heart visible, venter yellow. Intestinal coils not visible.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFABCE05A1BBFE370590FE60" box="[144,438,407,431]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFABCE05A1BBFC220544FC55" box="[144,354,898,922]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">Material examined</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFABCE05A1BBFC09054CFB6F" blockId="19.[144,1101,937,1184]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">
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16S rRNA sequence of this specimen was 100% identical to a reference sequence of a
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFABCE05A1BBFB5B0529FADD" box="[144,271,1275,1298]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">Description</emphasis>
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In dorsal view, body elliptical, maximal body width attained between proximal 2/5 and 3/5 of the body (
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45% of
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), snout broadly rounded. In lateral view, body depressed (
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117% of BH), maximal body height attained between 3/5 and 4/5 of body length (
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65% of
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), snout rounded. Eyes large (
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16% of
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), visible from ventral view, positioned moderately high (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFABCE05A38FFA0106EAFA76" box="[676,716,1441,1465]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">EH</collectionCode>
59% of BH) laterally and directed laterally, situated between 2/10 and 3/10 of body length (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFABCE05A203FA61076FFA16" box="[808,841,1473,1497]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">SE</collectionCode>
23% of
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). Distance between eyes wide (
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76% of
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). Nares small (ND 1.7% of
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), round, countersunk, positioned moderately high (NH 45% of BH) laterally and oriented ventrally, situated nearer to snout than to eye (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFABCE05A300F9810670F9F6" box="[555,598,1569,1593]" pageId="19" pageNumber="2888">RN</collectionCode>
86% of
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) and below eye level (NH 75% of
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). Distance between nares moderately wide (
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48% of
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). Dark spot posterior to nares absent, other ornamentations absent. Spiracle sinistral, small (SL 6% of
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), directed dorsally, visible from ventral and lateral views, inner wall free from body, aperture opens laterally. Opening ovoid, situated almost at mid-body length (SS 54% of
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), located low on body (SH 32% of BH) and below the height of the contact point of axis of tail myotomes with body (SH 54% of
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). Vent tube medial, short (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A50DFF46006AFF31" box="[1062,1100,230,254]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">VL</collectionCode>
10% of
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), not attached to ventral fin. No dorsolateral glands visible. Tail very long (
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316% of
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). Maximal tail height as high as body height (
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97% of BH). Tail height at mid-tail almost equal to body height and maximal tail height (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A521FEE5006BFE92" box="[1034,1101,325,349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">THM</collectionCode>
96% of BH and
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A06EFEC605A1FEB2" box="[325,391,358,381]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">THM</collectionCode>
98% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A0C8FEC5060FFEB2" box="[483,553,357,381]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">MTH</collectionCode>
). Tail height at beginning of tail lower than body height (TH 62% of BH). Caudal musculature well developed (TMW 54% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A2FDFE260027FE52" box="[982,1025,390,413]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">BW</collectionCode>
,
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59% of BH,
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A032FE06057DFE72" box="[281,347,422,445]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/qxtm-hypi" name="Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890" type="Museum">TMH</collectionCode>
94% of TH and 60% of
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,
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A39EFE060737FE72" box="[693,785,422,445]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">TMHM</collectionCode>
72% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A240FE060796FE72" box="[875,944,422,445]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">THM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A291FE060030FE72" box="[954,1046,422,445]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">TMHM</collectionCode>
71% of
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). Tail muscle reaches tail tip. Fins very low (DF 18% of
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, VF 20% of
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), dorsal fin lower than ventral fin at mid-tail (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A21AFE45077FFE32" box="[817,857,485,509]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">DF</collectionCode>
86% of VF). Dorsal fin originates on dorsal bodytail junction, rises progressively to attain its maximal height at maximal tail height, and then descends slightly towards tail tip. Ventral fin originates on caudal musculature just behind ventral terminus of body, increases gradually to attain maximal height at maximal tail height, and then declines towards tail tip. Maximal tail height located between 3/5 and 4/5 of tail length (
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64% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A1BBFD0404EDFD73" box="[144,203,676,700]" country="France" name="Jardin botanique de Talence" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890" type="Herbarium">TAL</collectionCode>
). Caudal vein and myosepta visible all along tail. Point of contact of axis of the tail myotomes with the body located on the upper half of the body (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A255FD64079DFD13" box="[894,955,708,732]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">HAB</collectionCode>
59% of BH), axis of tail myotomes not parallel with axis of trunk. Tail tip rather rounded. Oral disc very small (
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A03FFCA4057FFCD3" box="[276,345,772,796]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">ODW</collectionCode>
19% of
<collectionCode id="C9F7D0D6FFADCE03A090FCA405CDFCD3" box="[443,491,772,796]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">BW</collectionCode>
), positioned and directed ventrally. Oral disc opening elliptical. Papillae, jaw sheaths and keratodonts absent.
</paragraph>
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Figure 5. Drawings of the preserved DNA voucher tadpole of
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFACCE02A274F9BC006BF9FD" box="[863,1101,1564,1586]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="2889">Gephyromantis tschenki</emphasis>
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(ZSM 142/2007 ZCMV 4335). (A) Dorsal view; (B) lateral view; (C) oral disc.
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Colouration in life (
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)
</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFADCE03A1BBFC170740FC00" blockId="21.[144,870,951,975]" box="[144,870,951,975]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">Typically black, covered by scattered silver iridophoric pigments.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A1BBFB820591FBF5" box="[144,439,1058,1082]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFADCE03A1BBFBEA05DEFB4E" blockId="21.[144,1100,1098,1153]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">Largely black, area occupied by iridophoric pigment gives light pattern. Spiracle perceptible, intestine not visible.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A0C8FB190705FB1D" bold="true" box="[483,803,1209,1234]" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A0C8FB1906AFFB1D" bold="true" box="[483,649,1209,1234]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">Gephyromantis</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
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aff.
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</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A1BBFABA0544FAFD" box="[144,354,1306,1330]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">Material examined</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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These data refer to a population of small terrestrial and diurnal frogs from Ranomafana National Park, considered as
<taxonomicName id="68E63390FFADCE03A35DFAC206F0FAB5" authorityName="Guibe" authorityYear="1974" box="[630,726,1378,1402]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Gephyromantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blanci">
<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A35DFAC206F0FAB5" box="[630,726,1378,1402]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">G. blanci</emphasis>
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by
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. However, our own unpublished molecular and bioacoustic data indicate that in fact this population represents an undescribed candidate species that we here refer to as
<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A520FA020002FA75" box="[1035,1060,1442,1466]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">G.</emphasis>
sp.
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aff.
<emphasis id="9D929401FFADCE03A191FA6104DDFA16" box="[186,251,1473,1497]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="2890">blanci</emphasis>
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. A clutch of
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was collected by K.C. Wollenberg on
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5 March
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in Ranomafana National Park, at a site locally known as Ranomafanakely (
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21
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47
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,
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a.s.l.). Weather conditions were moist with constant rain at the time when the clutch was found. The site contained a forested slope, overgrown with lianae and moss. On the bottom of the slope, a ca.
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thick layer of leaf litter covered the forest floor. Many males of
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were calling from there. At the more elevated positions of the slope, dead wood overgrown with moss was under the leaf litter. It was forming a thick, porous layer with many cavities of up to
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depth. The clutch was found on such a cavity, overgrown with moss but partially exposed to daylight and attached to the surface of a dead leaf. Rainwater was dripping on the clutch from the moss layer above it. The clutch was found while searching for a male specimen of
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sp.
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aff.
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that was calling approximately
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from the clutch from an elevated position. Other specimens of
<emphasis id="9D929401FFAFCE01A36BFEE6067FFE91" box="[576,601,326,350]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">G.</emphasis>
sp.
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aff.
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were heard calling from other sites further up the slope. We suspect that the eggs might have been guarded by the male, as this behaviour has been observed in other species of the
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group (K.C. Wollenberg personal observations). The clutch was taken to the lab, and
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was immediately removed and preserved with field number
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90% ethanol for species identification by DNA barcoding (accession number
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were left on the leaf, kept in a terrarium with leaf litter, and watered regularly. Their development was followed for 24 days until the last metamorph left the clutch. A single egg had a diameter of about
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, the yolk being pale yellow in a transparent jelly.
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Figure 6. Drawings of the preserved DNA voucher tadpole of
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(ZSM 852/2007 ZCMV 4927). (A) Dorsal view; (B) lateral view; (C) oral disc.
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Development of embryos and larvae (
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The observation started on day 1 after collection (6 March). On this day, the embryos were visible and were a pale yellowish colour. The outline of the tail was starting to develop. They were developmental stage 1718 according to
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or 13 following
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.
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FCC304F8FC54" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 3, the embryos were weakly pigmented and the outline of the eye was visible.</paragraph>
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On day 4, TAL reached about 120% of BL, ED about 8% of BL, and the tail had transparent fins. The beating heart was visible and the cornea was transparent. There was clear tail elongation allowing first movements (hatchling stage according to
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; staging after DelPino and Escobar 1981 not applicable). Arteries across the yolk were formed.
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FBE306DEFB55" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 7, TAL was about 170% of BL, ED about 15% of BL. The toes began to differentiate and develop (indentation 45). The vitelline volume decreased. The cornea was visible and the dorsal body was pigmented.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FB0206DDFAD5" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 10, TAL was 193% of BL, ED 17% of BL. There were indentations in toes 23, the vitelline reduced by about 1/3 compared to day 7. The nares and the blood vessel in the posterior part of the caudal musculature were visible. The body was more pigmented and the jelly of the two tadpoles was united.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FA820584FAB6" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 11, TAL was about 180% of BL, ED 16% of BL. The transverse muscular structure was visible. The pigmentation increased laterally to ventrally and there were indentations in toes 12.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FA21073FFA76" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On days 13 and 14 (18 and 19 March), TAL was 177% of BL, ED 9% of BL, TAL 211% of BL and ED 15% of BL. Toes 35 were separated.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190FA6105DBFA36" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 16, TAL was 200% of BL, ED 12% of BL. All toes were separated and the outline of the mouth was visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190F9A1069DF9D6" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" box="[187,699,1537,1561]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 17, TAL 177% of BL, ED 15% of BL.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190F981064AF996" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On days 19 and 20 TAL 210% of BL, ED 16% of BL, TAL 180% of BL and ED 15% of BL. The feet tubercles were visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF594813FFAFCE01A190F9C005C5F957" blockId="23.[144,1101,740,1688]" pageId="23" pageNumber="2892">On day 24, the last hatchling left the jelly with four well-developed legs; the tail length was about 126% of BL.</paragraph>
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Figure 7. Larval development of
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from Ranomafana. Drawings were made on the basis of photographs of living specimens and are not to scale. Time is given as days after collection of the clutch; the actual time since egg deposition is unknown. Note in the photographs in ventral view that the larvae in comparatively early stages appear to have a developed mouth with jaws (no tadpole-like oral disc).
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFA1CE0FA1BBFF070608FF71" box="[144,558,166,190]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="2894">Description of metamorphosed froglet</emphasis>
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The following description refers to one metamorphosed froglet in Gosner stage 44 (
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649/2008, BL
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64% of
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), broadly rounded snout. In lateral view, body depressed (
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112% of BH), maximal body height attained between 3/5 and 4/5 of the body length (
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72% of
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), snout round. Eyes large (
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17% of
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), visible from ventral view, positioned moderately high (
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52% of BH) laterally and directed laterally, situated between 2/10 and 3/10 of body length (
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22% of
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). Distance between eyes wide (
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87% of
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). Nares small (ND 1.9% of
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), round, countersunk, positioned low (NH 34% of BH) laterally and oriented ventrally, situated nearer to snout than eye (
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70% of
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). Distance between nares moderately wide (
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58% of
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). Dark spot posterior to nares absent, other ornamentation absent. Spiracle, vent tube not visible. Tail largely resorbed, therefore very short (
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126% of
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). Mouth opening moderately large (
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42% of
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), not connected to snout, positioned and directed ventrally, already being transformed into a frog mouth structure. Yellowish structure, probably the tongue, visible inside the mouth. All typical structures of tadpole oral disc absent.
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<emphasis id="9D929401FFA1CE0FA1BBFC890591FC8F" box="[144,439,809,833]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="2894">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AF594813FFA1CE0FA1BBFCF006E4FC67" blockId="25.[144,1101,848,936]" pageId="25" pageNumber="2894">General colouration yellowish. Body dorsum, laterally, and abdominal surface covered by light brown reticulations. Gular and branchial regions brown, intestinal coils not visible, tail musculature covered by some blotches.</paragraph>
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