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Descrição da larva de Scinax similis (Cochran) com notas comparativas sobre o grupo "ruber" no sudeste do Brasil (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)

1999; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0101-81751999000200016

ISSN

1806-969X

Autores

Ana C. R. Alves, Sérgio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva,

Tópico(s)

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Resumo

Description of the larva of Scinax similis (Cochran) with comparative notes on the Scinax ruber group in Southeastern Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae).The larva of Scinax similis (Cochran, 1952) is described [rom Ilha do Fundão (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil).Comparisons with other species ofthe group that occur in Southeastern Brazil are added.The larva of S. similis can be distinguished by the following diagnostic features: (1) eyes large in relation to body length (17,3%), body height (26,8%), and body width (29,7%), interocular distance three times larger than eye diameter; (2) lower beak with two transverse stripes, proximal half white and distal half black.

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