Correlation between development and increase of number of labial tooth rows in Ghost Frog tadpoles (Anura: Heleophrynidae)
The family Heleophrynidae is restricted to Southern Africa and comprises two genera with seven species. Tadpoles are well adapted, with huge sucker mouths, to live in the fast flowing headwaters of mountain streams. The unique sucker-like mouth has numerous transverse rows of labial teeth, which ar...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Herpetologica |
| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1754 |