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The development of Anuran kidney

Part I. The development of the mesonephros ofRhacophorus maculatus Boulenger

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Abbreviations

A.D.:

Archinephric duct

A.M.C.:

Abortive malpighian capsule

B.:

Blastema

B.V.:

Blood vessel

C.F.N.:

Point at which the peritoneal funnel is constricted off

D.G.:

Degenerating malpighian glomerulus

E.G.:

Capsule of the early malpighian unit in which the glomerulus has completely disappeared

E.M.C.:

Early malpighian capsule

F.N.:

Peritoneal funnel

F.N. 1 & F.N. 2 :

Peritoneal funnels produced from funnel-forming tubule

F.N.T.:

Funnel-forming tubule

G.:

Glomerulus

I.N.:

Opening of the peritoneal funnel into the blood-vessel

M.C. 1,M.C. 2 & M.C. 3 :

Later malpighian capsules developed from capsuloblast vesicles

O.N.:

Opening of the peritoneal funnel into the cœlom

O.St. 1 & O.St. 2 :

Outgrowths of the straight tubule

P.W.:

Peritoneal wall

R.F.N.:

Rudiment of the peritoneal funnel

R.F.N.T.:

Rudiment of the funnel-forming tubule

R.M.G.:

Rudiment of the early malpighian glomerulus

R.St.:

Rudiment of the straight tubule

St.:

Straight tubule

T.:

Tubules

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    A. Ramakrishna Reddy

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Communicated by Dr. S. G. M. Ramanujam,m.a., ph.d., d.i.c., f.z.s.

The genusRhacophorus includes forty-two known species. Twenty of them are found in India and its dependencies and six occur in other parts of the oriental region. Four are known from China and Japan while the rest are confined to Madagascar. The genus is so closely allied toRana that their characters run into each other and Gadow considers the distinguishing characters between the two genera as unimportantRhacophorus maculatus Boulenger is confined to India and Ceylon. It is popularly known as the “Chunam Frog”. It is arboreal in habit and likeRh. schlegeli of Japan lays its eggs in a foamy mass on the margin of tanks.

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Reddy, A.R. The development of Anuran kidney. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 8, 249–265 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048214

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