New records of the anomaly P syndrome in two water frog species (Pelophylax ridibundus and P. lessonae) in Russia

By

Svinin, Anton O.
Bashinskiy, Ivan V.
Osipov, Vitaly V.
Neymark, Leonid A.
Ivanov, Alexander yu.
Ermakov, Oleg A.
Litrvinchuk, Spartak N

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-12-6

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

32

Pages

277--281

Subjects

anomaly P , morphological anomalies , polydactyly

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e47205

 

Abstract

The “anomaly P” was described in Palearctic water frogs of the genus Pelophylax by Jean Rostand as complex morphological anomalies of water frogs, including polydactyly, brachymely, hind limb oedema, bone outgrowths, spikes, flexions and additional limbs in the inguinal region. In 2016, the anomaly P syndrome was rediscovered in central Russia, confirming the hypothesis concerning its wider distribution. Here, three new records of this syndrome in two species of western Palearctic water frog from Russia are described.