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- Title
Normal Development of an Aquatic Spawning Tree Frog, Buergeria japonica (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae).
- Authors
Kuroshima, Shota; Tominaga, Atsushi
- Abstract
The family Rhacophoridae, including Buergeria japonica, shows a great diversity of reproductive patterns, but the knowledge of developmental processes is still limited. The genus Buergeria is a sister group to all other rhacophorids and shows a conservative, probably primitive, reproductive mode for this family. Thus, it is valuable to clarify the developmental process in this genus for understanding the evolution and diversification history of reproductive modes and developmental processes across the broader family members. In this study, we describe the normal development of B. japonica by rearing eggs and larvae under ambient temperatures of 27±1°C. The developmental speed of B. japonica from fertilization to gill elongation (stage 20), corresponding to their hatching period, was faster than most of other anuran species, when comparison was made using relative age, which is independent of temperature. The rapid embryonic development may be advantageous in their highly fluctuating breeding environment.
- Subjects
HYLIDAE; RHACOPHORIDAE; AMPHIBIANS; EMBRYOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE history; INSECT eggs; EGG incubation
- Publication
Current Herpetology, 2021, Vol 40, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
1345-5834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5358/hsj.40.169