Scanning electron microscopy of the oral apparatus and buccopharyngeal cavity of Atelognathus salai larvae (Anura, Neobatrachia)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe the horny structures of the buccal apparatus and buccopharyngeal cavity of A. salai by means ofscanning electron microscopy (SEM), and to compare them to those of the other known species of Atelognathus and related genera.

Keywords

• Anura
• Neobatrachia
• Atelognathus salai
• tadpole
• oral apparatus
• buccopharyngeal cavity
• morphology