Fig. 1From: Evolutionary and developmental considerations of the diet and gut morphology in ceratophryid tadpoles (Anura)Larval growth in ceratophryid species. a. Chacophrys pierottii has two growth trajectories. Large tadpoles metamorphose in two weeks. This size variation could be influenced by food quality and/or pond desiccation. b. Ceratophrys cranwelli also has accelerated growth compared to non-ceratophryids species with a rapid larval development completed in three weeks. c. Lepidobatrachus llanensis and d. L. laevis. Lepidobatrachus spp. have particularly large and fast-growing tadpoles. Tadpoles of Lepidobatrachus reach the end of metamorphosis in two weeks. Intraspecific size variation seems to be related to food quantity. Ceratophryid frogs all reproduce explosively once a year at the beginning of the wet and warm seasonBack to article page