title: The tadpole of Amazophrynella manaos Rojas, Carvalho, Gordo, Ávila, Farias and Hrbek, 2014 (Anura, Bufonidae) from the type locality and adjacent regions at Central Amazonia, Brazil.
abstract: The genus Amazophrynella, as currently recognized (Fouquet et al. 2012a, b), is represented by four nominal species (Frost 2014; Rojas et al. 2014) but the tadpoles of only one species, Amazophrynella minuta (Melin) from Ecuador, have been described (Duellman & Lynch 1969; Duellman 1978). Amazophrynella manaos Rojas, Carvalho, Gordo, Ávila, Farias and Hrbek, 2014 occurs in the leaf litter of terra firme forest in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Guiana region (Rojas et al. 2014). The tadpole of this species was briefly described in diagrammatic drawings by Hero (1990) as Dendrophryniscus minutus. Herein, we provide a detailed description of this tadpole based on individuals at 12 stages of development collected in five different sites, including the type locality, at Central Amazonia, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 3000, 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Email: menin@ufam.edu.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menin
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 3000, 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Reysi Jhayne
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pegorini
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 3000, 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Vinicius Tadeu
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: De Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Evolução e Genética Animal-LEGAL, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 3000, 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Rommel Roberto
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 3000, 69077-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gordo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002025:Bufonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*