. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. A / \ 60 t /' \ / \ / \ / \ I \ I \ i \ 50- 30 = Macropelobates osborni = Pelobates cultripes = P. fuscus. VU U HU RU F T TF H VU U HU RU F Figure 24. Body proportions of pelobafids. Measurements in millimeters. pelobatines, the tibiofibula is always a spade, and possession of a well-developed shorter than the femur. With increasing body size, all pelobatids show allometry in the vertebral column and hind limbs relative to other parts of the skeleton (Figs. 24-25), and the allo- metric pattern is distinctive for the i
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. A / \ 60 t /' \ / \ / \ / \ I \ I \ i \ 50- 30 = Macropelobates osborni = Pelobates cultripes = P. fuscus. VU U HU RU F T TF H VU U HU RU F Figure 24. Body proportions of pelobafids. Measurements in millimeters. pelobatines, the tibiofibula is always a spade, and possession of a well-developed shorter than the femur. With increasing body size, all pelobatids show allometry in the vertebral column and hind limbs relative to other parts of the skeleton (Figs. 24-25), and the allo- metric pattern is distinctive for the in- dividual groups. Within the megophryines, the primitive Leptobrachium (see Inger, 1966) has head and vertebral proportions as in Pelobates rather than as in Mego- phrys; some similarity to Eopelobates (especially E. anthracinus) occurs as well. So far as my few specimens indicate, the mainland species M. aceras shows an Eopelobates-like elongation of the tibio- fibula whereas the East Indian M. monti- cola and Leptobrachium hasselti have a subequal femur and tibiofibula. The Bur- mese specimen of M. carinensis has a tibiofibula slightly shorter than the femur, a proportion reminiscent of pelobatines. Two groups within Megophrys seem dis- tinguishable on the basis of the few species and specimens available to me: the one group having relatively short, anteriorly- directed posterior transverse processes, fused urostyles, and body proportions like those of Eopelobates hinschei; the other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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