title: The tadpole of Dendropsophus branneri (Cochran, 1948) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae).
abstract: Dendropsophus branneri is a small treefrog largely distributed throughout the Tropical Atlantic and Caatinga morphoclimatic domains (see Ab'Sáber 1977 for morphoclimatic domains), from northeastern to southeastern Brazil [Lutz 1973, Frost 2014; see Zina et al. 2014 for taxonomic comments on D. minusculus (Rivero, 1971) and D. branneri]. This species is currently placed in the D. microcephalus species group according to Bastos & Pombal (1996) and Faivovich et al. (2005). The D. microcephalus group comprises 36 species (Frost 2014), 14 of which have known tadpoles. Here, we describe the external morphology and color patterns of the previously unknown tadpole of D. branneri.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brasil Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil; Email: rafaoabreu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rafael Oliveira
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: De Abreu
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil; Email: florajunc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Flora Acuña
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Juncá
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil; Email: florajunc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Isana Carla Amorim
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brasil; Email: napoli@ufba.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo Felgueiras
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Napoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D001938:Brazil; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*