title: The tadpole of the Lake Oku clawed frog Xenopus longipes (Anura; Pipidae).
abstract: Xenopus longipes Loumont and Kobel, 1991 is an aquatic polyploid frog endemic to the high altitude crater lake, Lake Oku in North West region, Cameroon (Loumont & Kobel 1991). The tadpole of X. longipes is currently undescribed. So far, only dead tadpoles have been found at Lake Oku during regular monitoring since 2008 (Doherty-Bone et al. 2013), with specimens too decomposed to make adequate descriptions. Captive breeding provides one opportunity to obtain fresh specimens for description.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom.; Email: ben.tapley@zsl.org.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tapley
authors.affiliation: Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.affiliation: Conservation Research and Action for Amphibians of Cameroon (CRAAC), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and, School of Geography and School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.; Email: tommy_dbone@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Doherty-Bone
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010884:Pipidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*