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Research Paper | Zoology | India | Volume 6 Issue 10, October 2017 | Rating: 6.1 / 10
Influence of Water Desiccation and Predator on Metamorphic Traits in the Indian Common Toad, Bufo Melanostictus
Mallappa N Kullolli
Abstract: - ANURAN amphibians have a complex life history strategy with an aquatic and a terrestrial stage (Wilbur 1980). The larval stage is critical as the larvae have to complete development and attain a threshold size before metamorphosis before emergence on la
Keywords: Metamorphosis, Gosner stage, depletion, desiccation, cues, climax stage
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 10, October 2017,
Pages: 705 - 709