Morphological Characterization and Classification of Anuran Tadpoles in Korea

The tadpoles of 12 Korean anuran species, including Bombina orientalis, Bufo gargarizans, B.chosenica, R. rugosa, and R. catesbeiana, were classified based on their morphological characteristics. We collected eggs or tadpoles of the 12 Korean anuran species from Gangwon, Incheon, Chungcheong, and Gyeong-gi districts in 2005 and 2006 breeding seasons. When the tadpoles reached at 27∼37 Gosner's developmental stages, we described morphological characteristics of the tadpoles of each anuran species and measured their physical parameters such as total length, body length, and body mass. After that, we chose 12 morphological characteristics to identify each species and to use them as classification keys such as eye location, caudal musculature pattern, spiracle location, oral disc morphology, and labial tooth row formula. In this paper, we cs, and drawings for the tadpoles of 12 anuran species.

keywords: Anuran, Classification, Frog, Morphology, TadpolePark, Daesik et al. J. Ecol. Field Biol. 29 (5) 426species was also kept in same condition with plenty air supply. We supplied boiled spinaches, cabbages, and crushed chicken eggs as tadpole foods ad, Anuran, Classification, Frog, Morphology, TadpolePark, Daesik et al. J. Ecol. Field Biol. 29 (5) 426species was also kept in same condition with plenty air supply. We supplied boiled spinaches, cabbages, and crushed chicken eggs as tadpole foods ad

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Vol.29 No.5

Morphological Characterization and Classification of Anuran Tadpoles in Korea

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