| A
genus often refered to as Tailed Frogs.
| Ascaphus
Stejneger, 1899 |
Ascaphus
montanus Mittleman
& Myers, 1949
Ascaphus
truei montanus Mittleman & Myers,
1949 |
Distribution: Canada
and USA. |
Ascaphus
truei Stejneger, 1899
Ascaphus
truei californicus Mittleman &
Myers, 1949
Ascaphus truei truei Stejneger,
1899 |
Distribution: Canada
and USA. |
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| Literature |
| Abourachid,
A. & D.M. Green. 1999. Origins of the Frog-kick? Alternate-leg
Swimming in Primitive Frogs, Families Leiopelmatidae and
Ascaphidae. J. Herpetol., 30(4): 657-663. |
Altig, R. 1969. Notes on the ontogeny of the osseous cranium
of Ascaphus truei. Herpetologica, 25: 59-62. |
| Behler,
J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp. |
| Bury,
R.B. & M.J. Adams. 1999. Variation in Age at Metamorphosis
Across a Latitudinal Gradient for the Tailed Frog, Ascaphus
truei. Herpetologica, 55(2): 283-291. |
| Daugherty,
C.H. & A.L. Sheldon. 1982. Age-Determination, Growth,
and Life History of a Montana Population of the Tailed
Frog (Ascaphus truei). Herpetologica, 38(4):
461-468. |
| Daugherty,
C.H. & A.L. Sheldon. 1982. Age-Specific Movement Patterns
of the Frog Ascaphus truei. Herpetologica, 38(4):
468-474. |
| Daugherty,
C.H., L.N. Wishard & L.B. Daugherty. 1978. Sexual
Dimorphism in an Anuran Response to Severe Thermal Stress
(Amphibia, Anura). J. Herpetol., 12(3): 431-432. |
| Diller,
L.V. & R.L. Wallace. 1999. Distribution and Habitat
of Ascaphus truei in Streams on Managed, Young
Growth Forests in North Coastal California. J. Herpetol.,
33(1): 71-79. |
|
Eeden, J.A. van. 1951. The development of the chondrocranium
of Ascaphus truei Stejneger with special reference
to the relations of the palatoquadrate to the neurocranium.
Acta Zool., 32: 42-176. |
| Hailman,
J.P. 1982. Extremely Low Ambient Light Levels of Ascaphus
truei. J. Herpetol., 16(1): 83-84. |
| Jamieson,
B.G.M., M.S.Y. Lee & K. Long. 1993. Ultrastructure
of the Seprmatozoon of the Internally Fertilizing Frog
Ascaphus truei (Ascaphidae: Anura: Amphibia)
with Phylogenetic Considerations. Herpetologica, 49(1):
52-65. |
| Karraker,
N.E. 2001. Ascaphus truei. Predation. Herpetol.
Rev., 32(2): 100. |
| Metter,
D.E. 1964. A Morphological and Ecological Comparison of
two Populations of the Tailed Frog, Ascaphus truei
Stejneger. Copeia, 1964(1): 181-195. |
|
Metter, D.E. 1967. Variation in the ribbed frog Ascaphus
truei Stejneger. Copeia, 1967: 634-649. |
| Metter,
D.E. 1968. Ascaphus, Ascaphus truei. Cat. Amer.
Amphib. Rept., 69: 1-2. |
| Moore,
M.K. & V.R. Townsend, Jr. 2003 Intraspecific Variation
in cranial Ossification in the Tailed Frog, Ascaphus
truei. J. Herpetol., 37(4): 714-717. |
| Pearl,
C.A., D.J. Major & R.B. Bury. 2002. Ascaphus truei.
Albinism. Herpetol. Rev., 33(2): 123. |
|
Pusey, H.K. 1943. On the head of the Liopelmid Frog, Ascaphus
truei. I. The chondrocranium, jaws, arches, and muscles
of partly grown larva. Quart. J. Micro. Sci., 84: 105-185.
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Reiss, J.O. 1997. Early development of chondrocranium
in the tailed frog Ascaphus truei (Amphibia:
Anura): implications for anuran palatoquadrate homologies.
J. Morphol., 231: 63-100. |
| Simons,
L.H. & M. Simons. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Ascaphus
truei. Herpetol. Rev., 29(2): 106. |
| Smith,
S.N. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Ascaphus truei.
Herpetol. Rev., 28(1): 47. |
|
Villiers, C.G.S. de 1934. Studies of the cranial anatomy
of Ascaphus truei Stejneger, the American "Liopelmid"
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 1-37. |
| Wallace,
R.L. & L.V. Diller. 1998. Length of the Larval Cycle
of Ascaphus truei in Coastal Streams of the Redwood
Region, Northern California. J. Herpetol., 32(3): 404-409. |
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