Hoffmann Heinz
INASAG the Costa Rican Private Tadpole Research Center, Apartado 153, Barva-3011. Costa Rica.
Rev Biol Trop. 2005 Sep-Dec;53(3-4):561-8.
The validity of the published description of Hyla rufitela is questioned because the origin of the described tadpoles does not correspond to the distribution of this species. The present description, based on tadpoles that were hatched from two egg masses from the Caribbean lowland of Costa Rica, includes tadpoles raised to adult frogs to verify the species. The newly described tadpoles differ from the previously described and illustrated ones not only in color but also by its more slender body shape (body height:body length, 0.43:0.47). the more slender tail (%, tail length of total length, 69%:63%). the more conspicuous spiracle and its position, as well as by the larger oral disk width (oral disk width:body width, 0.44:-0.33). The young tadpoles continually ingest mud as is typical of bottom feeders. Nevertheless. older larvae feed on plant material like rotting mellow leaves of Piper auritum. The tadpoles metamorphosed between 44 and 114 days (x=80.3 days) under the described breeding conditions.
由于所描述的蝌蚪来源与该物种的分布不相符，因此对已发表的红腹雨蛙（Hyla rufitela）描述的有效性提出质疑。本描述基于从哥斯达黎加加勒比低地的两个卵块孵化出的蝌蚪，其中包括饲养至成年青蛙以验证物种的蝌蚪。新描述的蝌蚪不仅在颜色上与先前描述和图示的蝌蚪不同，而且在身体形状上更细长（体高：体长，0.43:0.47），尾巴更细长（尾长占全长的百分比，69%:63%），鳃孔更明显及其位置，以及口盘宽度更大（口盘宽度：体宽，0.44:-0.33）。幼体蝌蚪持续摄取泥土，这是底栖动物的典型特征。然而，较大的幼体以植物材料为食，如胡椒（Piper auritum）腐烂的成熟叶片。在所描述的繁殖条件下，蝌蚪在44至114天（x = 80.3天）之间完成变态。
