From: Morphology of lentic and lotic tadpoles from Madagascar
Lentic | Lotic | P | |
---|---|---|---|
Oral disc position | |||
Ventral | 16% (7) | 54% (43) | < 0.001* |
Anteroventral | 67% (29) | 36% (29) | |
Terminal | 16% (7) | 10% (8) | |
Oral disc type | |||
Funnel-shaped | 0% (0) | 9% (7) | 0.055 |
Normal or folded | 98% (42) | 85% (68) | |
Specialised | 0% (0) | 4% (3) | |
No data | 2% (1) | 3% (2) | |
Oral disc width | |||
Broad | 0% (0) | 29% (23) | < 0.001* |
Moderate | 67% (29) | 56% (45) | |
Narrow | 33% (14) | 14% (11) | |
No data | 0% (0) | 1% (1) | |
Labial tooth rows | |||
< 5 | 9% (4) | 1% (1) | 0.060 |
5 (includes 2/3) | 2% (1) | 5% (4) | |
> 5 | 60% (26) | 73% (58) | |
0 keratodonts | 21% (9) | 11% (9) | |
no data | 7% (3) | 10% (8) | |
Ventral jaw sheath | |||
V, U, arch | 84% (36) | 84% (67) | < 0.05* |
Arch, V, inverted | 0% (0) | 6% (5) | |
Horizontal | 7% (3) | 1% (1) | |
Specialised | 2% (1) | 6% (5) | |
Missing | 5% (2) | 0% (0) | |
No data | 2% (1) | 3% (2) | |
Dorsal jaw sheath | |||
V, U, inverted | 16% (7) | 13% (10) | < 0.05* |
Horizontal | 2% (1) | 0% (0) | |
Arch | 47% (20) | 29% (23) | |
Specialised | 28% (12) | 56% (45) | |
Missing | 5% (2) | 0% (0) | |
No data | 2% (1) | 3% (2) | |
Marginal papillae | |||
1 complete or incomplete row | 58% (25) | 43% (34) | < 0.05* |
≥ 2 complete or incomplete rows | 35% (15) | 39% (31) | |
Specialised | 0% (0) | 13% (10) | |
No papillae | 7% (3) | 5% (4) | |
No data | 0% (0) | 1% (1) | |
Eye position | |||
More lateral than dorsal | 37% (16) | 31% (25) | 0.832 |
More dorsal than lateral | 12% (5) | 14% (11) | |
Dorsolateral | 51% (22) | 55% (44) | |
Distance between eyes | |||
Broad | 21% (9) | 35% (28) | 0.352 |
Intermediate | 51% (22) | 54% (43) | |
Narrow | 12% (5) | 8% (6) | |
No data | 16% (7) | 4% (3) | |
Eye size | |||
Big | 7% (3) | 25% (20) | < 0.01* |
Intermediate | 74% (32) | 71% (57) | |
Small | 19% (8) | 4% (3) | |
Body shape | |||
Depressed | 49% (21) | 55% (44) | 0.187 |
Moderately depressed | 33% (14) | 38% (30) | |
Normal, globular | 19% (8) | 8% (6) | |
Relative length of tail to body | |||
< 0, 99 | 5% (2) | 5% (4) | 0.988 |
1-1, 49 | 14% (6) | 15% (12) | |
1, 5-1, 99 | 53% (23) | 50% (40) | |
≥ 2 | 28% (12) | 30% (24) | |
Tail muscle | |||
Not robust | 47% (20) | 11% (9) | < 0.001* |
Slightly robust | 37% (16) | 25% (20) | |
Robust | 16% (7) | 64% (51) | |
Fins | |||
Convex shaped, not low | 33% (14) | 15% (12) | < 0.001* |
Moderately low | 56% (24) | 41% (33) | |
Low | 12% (5) | 44% (35) | |
Tail tip | |||
Pointed | 28% (12) | 16% (13) | 0.299 |
Intermediate | 12% (5) | 16% (13) | |
Rounded | 60% (26) | 68% (54) |