Journal
SALAMANDRA
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 161-170Publisher
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT HERPETOLOGIE TERRARIENKUNDE E V
Keywords
Argentina; Rhinella veraguensis group; oviposition modes; open clumps; strings; water mould
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Funding
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
- ANPCyT
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo [PIP 1112008010-2422, 112201101-00875, PIP 11220110100889]
- UBACyT [20020090200727, 20020110200213]
- FAPESP [procs. 2012/10000-5, 2013/50741-7]
- PICT [2007-2202, 2011-1524, 2011-1895, 2012-2687, 2013-404]
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Rhinella rumbolli is a poorly known, medium-sized toad endemic to the Yungas of Argentina. Recent fieldwork allowed observing its peculiar oviposition mode, which is described in this paper. A review of literature and examination of museum material indicate that oviposition in Rhinella can vary from strings of eggs in a gelatinous tube (uniserial, biserial or multiserial) to open clumps. Clutch features in Rhinella provide informative variation for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies and help to understand the relationships in this large genus of true toads.
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