ABSTRACT
In the egg-brooding hylid Cryptobatmchus, De Perez and Ruiz Carranza (1985) and De Perez et al. (1992b) attributed adhesion and transport of egg and tadpoles on the female dorsum especially to peculiar mucous glands (named G2) occurring in the female dorsal skin (see 6.7.4-6.7.5). LM and TEM observations by the above authors revealed significant differences of these glands in comparison with the common, mucous glands (named Gl) also occurring in the skin together with the serous ones. G2 glands showed a lower secretory epithelium but a larger lumen, this latter containing a metachromatic
