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Chondrocranium And Internal Oral Morphology Of The Tadpole Of Corythomantis Greeningi (Anura: Hylidae), Marianna Isabella Rosa Rodrigues De Oliveira, Luiz Norberto Weber, Rafael O. De Sá, Johnny Sousa Ferreira, Anna Evelin Coimbra Libório, André Masahide Guimarães Takazone

Biology Faculty Publications

Corythomantis greeningi is a casque-headed frog that occurs in xeric and sub-humid regions of northeastern Brazil. Individuals are often found on rocks on banks of temporary streams or in ponds upon “lajedos”. Suctorial tadpoles are often found clasping to the rocks in the streams so as not to be dragged by the current; therefore, they have modified external and internal morphology. Here, we describe the internal oral anatomy and the chondrocranium of the tadpole of C. greeningi and compare it to the available descriptions of Lophyohylinae and other suctorial tadpoles. The internal oral morphology in C. greeningi resembles pond-dwelling casque-headed …