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Table 1 Number of prey during different life larval stages in Lepidobatrachus spp.

From: Evolutionary and developmental considerations of the diet and gut morphology in ceratophryid tadpoles (Anura)

Species

Stages

n

Anurans

Crustaceans

Mollusks

Insects

Lepidobtrachus laevis

Limb bud

8

Rhinella major (74), Leptodactylus latinasus (26), Lepidobatrachus laevis (1)

Daphnia (1)

Larvae (2)

Digit differentiation

7

Rhinela schneideri (2), R. major (15), Leptodactylus bufonius (3), Scinax sp. (5), Dermatonotus muelleri (10), Pseudis paradoxa (3), Lepidobatrachus laevis (1)

Daphnia (13), Hyallela (15), Triops (1)

Limb growth

19

Scinax sp. (8), Leptodactlus bufonius (3)¸ Dermatonotus muelleri (3), Rhinella major (2), R. schneideri (1), Pseudis paradoxa (2), Physalaemus biligonigerus (1) Ceratophrys cranwelli (1)

Daphnia (25), Hyallela (35), Triops (3)

Biomphalaria (2)

Hemiptera (2), Coleoptera (5), Hymenoptera (1)

Metamorphosis

14

Scinax sp. (4), Dermatonotus muelleri (2), Physalaemus biligonigerus (6)

Hyallela (10), Daphnia (18), Triops (1)

Biomphalaria (3)

Coleoptera (16) Larvae (2)

Lepidobtrachus llanenesis

Limb bud

4

Hyallela (17)

Digit differentiation

4

Chacophrys pierottii (6), Leptodactylus sp. (24)

Hyallela (29), Daphnia (7)

Larvae (2)

Limb growth

14

Chacophrys pierottii (2), Leptodactylus bufonius (3), Indet (2)

Hyallela (39), Daphnia (44), Triops (1)

Coleoptera (3), larvae (3)

Metamorphosis

7

Chacophrys pierottii (1)

Daphnia (12)

Coleoptera (5)

Indet (2)

Hyallela (70)

 

Larvae (1)