| Abstract: | The morphologies of three unusual tadpoles from slow-flowing, sandy-bottomed, rain forest streams in southeastern Madagascar are described. The large oral apparatus of the tadpole of Boophis picturatus Glaw, Vences, Andreone, and Vallan, 2001 lacks all keratinized structures and has an elaborately-folded lower labium with five, radially oriented, flattopped ridges. The tadpole of Mantidactylus guttulatus (Boulenger, 1881) lacks all keratinized mouthparts and has three immense papillae where the upper jaw normally occurs. The tadpole of Mantidactylus lugubris (Dumeril, 1853) has an ornate oral apparatus involving greatly hypertrophied derivatives of jaw serrations and unique structures on the lower labium that resemble labial teeth. |
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| ProdID: | 5224704 |
| Citation Author: | Altig, R.; McDiarmid, R.W. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 418-425 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Descriptions and biological notes on three unusual mantellid tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from southeastern Madagascar; 2006; Article; Journal; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; Altig, R.; McDiarmid, R.W. |
| Citation Start Page: | 418 |
| Citation Volume: | 119 |
| Citation Year: | 2006 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Descriptions and biological notes on three unusual mantellid tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae) from southeastern Madagascar; 2006; Article; Journal; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; Altig, R.; McDiarmid, R.W. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2988%2F0006-324X%282006%29119%5B418%3ADABNOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
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