Figure 5 In A New Species Of The Scinax Catharinae Group (Anura: Hylidae) From Northeastern Brazil

Abstract

FIGURE 5. Nuptial pad of Scinax melanodactylus sp. nov. (CFBH 36902). (A) Dorsal view of finger II. (B) Ventral view of finger II. (A – B) Scale bar = 500 µm. (C – E) Scanning electron micrographs of nuptial pad. (C) General view of finger II. Notice the epidermal modification of the nuptial pad area. Scale bar = 100 µm. (D) Higher magnification of nuptial pad viewed from above showing the irregularly EPs, scale bar = 20 µm. (E) Detailed view of a single EP, scale bar = 5 µm. (F-H) Nuptial pad of Scinax agilis. (F) Dorsal view of finger II. Scale bar = 500 µm. (G) Scanning electron micrographs of finger II. Note the absence of a distinctively area. Scale bar = 200 µm. (H) Detail of the area delimited in (G) showing absence of EPs. Scale bar = 20 µm. (I- J) Nuptial pad of Scinax berthae. (I) Scanning electron micrographs of finger II. Note the presence of EPs. Scale bar = 200 µm. (J) Detail of the area delimited in (I) showing smooth EPs. Scale bar = 50 µm.