Tadpole of Bufo taitanus (Anura: Bufonidae) with Notes on Its Systematic Significance and Life History

Hendrik Müller; G. John Measey; Patrick K. Malonza

doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0138:TOBTAB]2.0.CO;2

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Hendrik Müller,^1,2,* G. John Measey,^1,3 Patrick K. Malonza⁴

¹aDepartment of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
²bInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, Kaiserstraat 63, 2311 GP, Leiden, The Netherlands
³cLaboratoire d'Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux (UMR 137), Institut de Recherche pour le Dveloppement, 32
⁴dNational Museums of Kenya, Department of Herpetology, P.O. Box 40658-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya

^* Corresponding Author. henm@nhm.ac.uk

Abstract

The tadpole of Bufo taitanus is described from material recently collected at the type locality. Tadpoles of B. taitanus possess a crownlike structure on top of the head. Observations suggest that the crown likely acts as an accessory respiratory organ. Development in B. taitanus is rapid with metamorphosis completed after just 13 days. Based on its similarity to tadpoles of Stephopaedes anotis and Mertensophryne micranotis, a close phylogenetic relationship between these three taxa is proposed.

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Hendrik Müller, G. John Measey, and Patrick K. Malonza "Tadpole of Bufo taitanus (Anura: Bufonidae) with Notes on Its Systematic Significance and Life History," Journal of Herpetology 39(1), 138-141, (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0138:TOBTAB]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 October 2004; Published: 1 March 2005

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