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1 May 2007 Occurrence of Oral Deformities in Larval Anurans
Dana L. Drake, Ronald Altig, James B. Grace, Susan C. Walls
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Abstract

We quantified deformities in the marginal papillae, tooth rows, and jaw sheaths of tadpoles from 13 population samples representing three families and 11 sites in the southeastern United States. Oral deformities were observed in all samples and in 13.5–98% of the specimens per sample. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (chytrid) infections were detected in three samples. There was high variability among samples in the pattern and number of discovered deformities. Pairwise associations between oral structures containing deformities were nonrandom for several populations, especially those with B. dendrobatidis infections or high total numbers of deformities. Comparisons of deformities among samples using multivariate analyses revealed that tadpole samples grouped together by family. Analyses of ordination indicated that three variables, the number of deformities, the number of significant associations among deformity types within populations, and whether populations were infected with B. dendrobatidis, were significantly correlated with the pattern of deformities. Our data indicate that the incidence of oral deformities can be high in natural populations and that phylogeny and B. dendrobatidis infection exert a strong influence on the occurrence and type of oral deformities in tadpoles.

2007 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Dana L. Drake, Ronald Altig, James B. Grace, and Susan C. Walls "Occurrence of Oral Deformities in Larval Anurans," Copeia 2007(2), 449-458, (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[449:OOODIL]2.0.CO;2
Received: 17 March 2005; Accepted: 1 November 2006; Published: 1 May 2007
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