Tadpole of Leptopelis ragazzii (Boulenger, 1896), Shoa Forest Tree Frog (Anura, Arthroleptidae)

By

Tiutenko, Arthur
Zinenko, Oleksandr

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-5-13

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

32

Pages

51--55

Subjects

Arthroleptidae , Ethiopia , Harenna Forest , larva , Leptopelis gramineus , Leptopelis vannutellii , tadpole

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e35742

 

Abstract

The tadpole of poorly studied Leptopelisragazzii (Boulenger, 1896), a high-altitude tree frog species from the Ethiopian highlands, is described for the first time and compared with closely related sympatric species – L.gramineus (Boulenger, 1898) and L.vannutellii (Boulenger, 1898).