Description of Telmatobius brachydactylus tadpole (Anura: Telmatobiidae)

Authors

  • Luis Castillo Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Lima, Perú; Asociación GRUPO RANA “Respuestas y Acciones para la Naturaleza y sus Amenazas” Lima, Perú; Denver Zoological Foundation, Colorado, USA. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5529-9623
  • César Aguilar Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Herpetología, Lima, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6372-7926

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i4.16777

Keywords:

tadpole, Junín, endemic, endangered species, taxonomy

Abstract

We describe the tadpole of Telmatobius brachydactylus using specimens from Gosner stages 30 to 41. Telmatobius brachydactylus tadpole is similar to others Telmatobius larvae with pond type morphology, but differs from the sympatric species T. macrostomus by having proportionally a longer tail and significantly a smaller total length between Gosner stages 33 and 41. We recorded for the first time tadpoles of T. macrostomus in syntopy with T. brachydactylus larvae.

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Author Biographies

  • Luis Castillo, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Lima, Perú; Asociación GRUPO RANA “Respuestas y Acciones para la Naturaleza y sus Amenazas” Lima, Perú; Denver Zoological Foundation, Colorado, USA.

    -Asociación GRUPO RANA, Perú.
    -Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver, Colorado, USA.
    -Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Ap. 14–0434, Lima, Perú.
    -Mz. G Lote 14, Praderas del Naranjal, San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú.

  • César Aguilar, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Herpetología, Lima, Perú

    Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Ap. 14–0434, Lima, Perú.

Revista Peruana de Biologia 26(4)

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Published

12/15/2019

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 4 (2019)

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How to Cite

Castillo, Luis, and César Aguilar. 2019. “Description of Telmatobius Brachydactylus Tadpole (Anura: Telmatobiidae)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 26 (4): 469-74. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i4.16777.