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Online Publication Date: 01 Sept 2014

Description of the Tadpole of Ptychadena uzungwensis (Amphibia: Anura: Ptychadenidae) from the Southern Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

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Page Range: 284 – 290
DOI: 10.1670/13-077
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Abstract

The tadpole of Ptychadena uzungwensis is described from material collected at Mufindi, southern Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. We provide a detailed description of the tadpole based on an ontogenetic series, including color photographs of living specimens and buccopharyngeal morphology. Identity was confirmed by rearing tadpoles through metamorphosis and through DNA bar coding. The tadpole has a keratodont formula of 1/2 and generally resembles other species of Ptychadena. Diagnostic features of known tadpoles of East African species of Ptychadena are provided and discussed.

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<sc>Fig. 1</sc> . 
Fig. 1 . 

Gosner stage 37 tadpole of Ptychadena uzungwensis in life, in (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, and (C) ventral view. Scale bar = 5 mm.

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Fig. 2 . 

Oral disc of a Gosner stage 37 tadpole of Ptychadena uzungwensis. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

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Fig. 3 . 

Scanning electron microscope images of the (A) buccal roof and (B) buccal floor of a Gosner stage 37 tadpole of Ptychadena uzungwensis. Scale bar = 1 mm.

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3 Corresponding Author. Email: hendrik.mueller@uni-jena.de
Accepted: 13 Sept 2013
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