The tadpoles of the hylid frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Hypsiboas and Osteopilus) of Hispaniola
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Hispaniolan hylid frogs are represented by four endemic species: Hypsiboas heilprini, Osteopilus dominicensis, O. pulchrilineatus and O. vastus. There are two tadpole ecomorphs represented in the hylid frogs of Hispaniola: lentic (O. dominicensis and O. pulchrilineatus) and lotic (H. heilprini and O. vastus). Tadpoles of the four species may be found sympatrically, but in different microhabitats. Hispaniolan hylid tadpoles reach a moderate size (up to 57 mm in total length is recorded in H. heilprini), and differ from those of Peltophryne, Rhinella, Leptodactylus and Lithobates (the other genera with free-living larvae present on the island), by having the oral discs not emarginated and, from the first three taxa, by a dextral vent opening. Oral deformities observed in most tadpoles of H. heilprini from Ébano Verde, Cordillera Central, were caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. An identification key is also provided.
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West Indies, Caribbean, amphibians, tree frogs, larvae, ecomorphs, guilds, deformities, chytrid fungus
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Trueb, L. & M. Tyler. 1974. Systematics and evolution of the Greater Antillean hylids frogs. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 27: 1–60.
Vogel, P. 2000. Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) und Bromelien. Die Bromelie, 2: 32–37.
Altig, R. & G. F. Johnston. 1989. Guilds of anuran larvae: relationships among developmental modes, morphologies and habitats. Herpetological Monographs, 3: 81–109.
Altig, R. G. & R. W. McDiarmid. 1999. Body plan. Development and morphology. In Tadpoles: The biology of anuran larvae, 24–51. McDiarmid, R.W. & Altig, R. (Eds.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Berger, L., R. Speare & A. Kent. 1999. Diagnosis of chytridiomycosis in amphibians by histologic examination. Zoos’ Print Journal, 15: 184–190.
Berger, L., A. D. Hyatt, R. Speare & J. E. Longcore. 2005. Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 68: 51–63.
Burrowes, P. A., R. L. Joglar & D. E. Green. 2004. Potential causes for amphibian declines in Puerto Rico. Herpetologica, 60: 141–154.
Díaz, L. M. & A. Cádiz. 2008. Guía taxonómica de los anfibios de Cuba. Abc Taxa, vol. 4, 294 pp. + CD (audio).
Díaz, L. M., A. Cádiz, A. Chong & A. Silva. 2007. First report of chytridiomycosis in a dying toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cuba: a new conservation challenge for the island. EcoHealth, 4: 172–175.
Díaz, L. M., S. J. Incháustegui & C. Marte. 2014. Preliminary experiences with the husbandry, captive breeding, and development of the Hispaniolan Yellow Tree Frog, Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae), with ecological and ethological notes from the wild. Herpetological Review, 45: 52–59.
Dunn, E. R. 1926. The frogs of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 38: 111–130.
Faivovich, J., C. F. B. Haddad, P. C. A. García, D. Frost, J. A. Campbell & W. C. Wheeler. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 294: 1–240.
Febles, I. 2002. Morfología externa de las larvas de siete especies de anuros cubanos (Amphibia: Anura). Tesis de Diploma. Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, 44 pp. (Unpublished).
Galvis, P. A., S. J. Sánchez-Pacheco, J. J. Ospina-Sarria, M. Anganoy-Criollo, J. Gil & M. Rada. 2014. Hylid tadpoles from the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola: ontogeny, description and comparison of external morphology. South American Journal of Herpetology, 2: 154–169.
Gosner K. L. 1960. A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica, 16: 183–190.
Heinicke, M. P., L. M. Díaz & S. B. Hedges. 2011. Origin of invasive Florida frogs traced to Cuba. Biology Letters, 7: 407–410.
Henderson, R.W. & C. S. Berg. 2006. The herpetofauna of Grenada and the Grenada Grenadines: Conservation concerns. Applied Herpetology, 3: 197–213.
Incháustegui, S. J., K. Ng, C. Marte y L. M. Díaz. 2014. The tadpoles of Peltophryne guentheri (Anura: Bufonidae) from Hispaniola. Reptiles & Amphibians, 21(4): 125 – 129.
Joglar, R. L., A. O. Álvarez, T. M. Aide, D. Barber, P. A. Burrowes, M. A. García, A. León- Cardona, A. V. Longo, N. Pérez-Buitrago, A. Puente, N. Rios-López & P. J. Tolson. 2007. Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna. Applied Herpetology, 4: 327–345.
Kolenc, F., C. Borteiro, L. Alcalde, D. Baldo, D. Cardozo & J. Faivovich. 2008. The tadpoles of eight species of Hypsiboas Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from Argentina and Uruguay, with a review of the larvae of this genus. Zootaxa, 1927: 1-66.
Lannoo, M. J., D. S. Townsend & R. J. Wassersug. 1987. Larval life in the leaves: Arboreal tadpole types, with special attention to the morphology, ecology, and behavior of the oophagous Osteopilus brunneus (Hylidae) larva. Fieldiana Zoology (New Series), 38: 1–31.
Malhotra, A., R. S. Thorpe, E. Hypolite & A. James. 2007. A report on the status of the herpetofauna of the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies. Applied Herpetology, 4: 177–194.
McDiarmid, R.W. & R. G. Altig. 1999. Research: materials and techniques. In Tadpoles: The biology of anuran larvae, 7–23. R. W. McDiarmid & R. Altig (eds.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Mertens, R. 1939. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach der Insel Hispaniola, Westindien. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 471: 1–84.
Nali, R. C., J. Faivovich & C. P. A. Prado. 2014. The occurrence of unpigmented mature oocytes in Hypsiboas (Anura: Hylidae). Salamandra, 50: 53–56.
Noble, G. K. 1927. The value of life history data in the study of the evolution of the Amphibia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 30: 31–128.
Ron, S. R, E. Toral, P. J. Venegas & Ch. W. Barnes. 2010. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic position of Osteocephalus festae (Anura, Hylidae) with description of its larva. ZooKeys, 70: 67–92.
Schwartz, A. & R. Henderson.1991. Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies: descriptions, distributions, and natural history. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
Thompson, R. L. 1996. Larval habitat, ecology, and parental investment of Osteopilus brunneus (Hylidae). In Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A tribute to Albert Schwartz, 259– 269. Powell R. & Henderson R. (eds.). Contributions to Herpetology, vol. 12. Ithaca, N.Y.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Trueb, L. & M. Tyler. 1974. Systematics and evolution of the Greater Antillean hylids frogs. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 27: 1–60.
Vogel, P. 2000. Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) und Bromelien. Die Bromelie, 2: 32–37.
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Díaz, L. M., Incháustegui, S. J., Marte, C., & Chong, A. (2015). The tadpoles of the hylid frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Hypsiboas and Osteopilus) of Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea, (8), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i8.39
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