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Issue: Vol. 1072 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1072.1.3
Page range: 35–42
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

The tadpole of Physalaemus soaresi Izecksohn, 1965 (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on taxonomy, reproductive behavior, and vocalizations

Present address: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Anura Advertisement call Leptodactylidae Physalaemus soaresi Reproductive behavior Tadpole

Abstract

The tadpole of Physalaemus soaresi is described and notes on its reproductive behavior are presented. The advertisement call of P. soaresi is described and compared with the call of P. olfersii. Taxonomic notes on these similar species are presented.

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