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Embryonic and larval stages of\n                    <jats:italic>D. lauroi<\/jats:italic>\n                    are similar to that of several pond\u2010type bufonids, with common features such as dark pigmentation, Type\u2010B adhesive glands, lack of dorsal curvature, and, in tadpoles, small size, labial tooth row formula 2\/3, one pair of infralabial papillae, four lingual papillae, tri\/tetrapartite suprarostral, larval otic process absent, and m. subarcualis rectus II\u2013IV inserting posteriorly on ceratobranchial IV. Some heterochronic shifts during embryonic and metamorphic ontogeny concern the accelerated development of hind limbs and the delayed transformation of the larval oral morphology into the adult mouth configuration. While ecomorphological variation among phyotelm\u2010dwelling anuran tadpoles is astonishing, most bufonid species exhibit the general aspect of pond\u2010type larvae, with some modifications likely correlated with the lack of active feeding. These include reduction in mouthparts and a short gut filled with yolk, and are more pronounced in obligate endotrophic forms such as\n                    <jats:italic>Frostius<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Pelophryne<\/jats:italic>\n                    , than in\n                    <jats:italic>D. lauroi<\/jats:italic>\n                    , where metamorphosis may occur with or without food supply. Phytotelm ecosystems are of increasing interest for ecological studies at multiple levels, and provide an exceptional setting to investigate community ecology and ecomorphological evolution in confined microhabitats.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/jmor.70146","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]],"date-time":"2026-07-15T09:58:02Z","timestamp":1784109482000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Premetamorphic Development of the Phytotelm\u2010Dwelling Toad\n                    <i>Dendrophryniscus lauroi<\/i>\n                    (Anura: Bufonidae)"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"287","author":[{"given":"Daniel Barreto","family":"de G\u00f3es","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio de Biossistem\u00e1tica de Anf\u00edbios, Departamento de Zoolog\u00eda Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro \u2013 UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brasil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergio Potsch de","family":"Carvalho\u2010e\u2010Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio de Anf\u00edbios e R\u00e9pteis, Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro \u2013 UFRJ Rio de Janeiro Brasil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jorge Kelvin","family":"Torres Lopez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas \u2013 Fundaci\u00f3n Miguel Lillo) Tucum\u00e1n Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6428-6496","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro Henrique dos Santos","family":"Dias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK\u2010F) Frankfurt am Main Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leandro","family":"Sabagh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio de Biossistem\u00e1tica de Anf\u00edbios, Departamento de Zoolog\u00eda Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro \u2013 UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brasil"},{"name":"Instituto Chico Mendes de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) Petr\u00f3polis Rio de Janeiro Brasil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6133-9951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florencia","family":"Vera Candioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas \u2013 Fundaci\u00f3n Miguel Lillo) Tucum\u00e1n Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana Maria Paulino Telles de","family":"Carvalho\u2010e\u2010Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio de Biossistem\u00e1tica de Anf\u00edbios, Departamento de Zoolog\u00eda Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro \u2013 UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brasil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","first-page":"24","volume-title":"Tadpoles The Biology of Anuran Larvae","author":"Altig R.","year":"1999"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00222930802568808"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/bij.12296"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0142791"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00222933.2023.2199943"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11606\/0031-1049.1990.37.p389-400"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/zookeys.555.6522"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1564939"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","volume-title":"The Biology and Identification of all Known Tadpoles in Sub\u2010Saharan Africa","author":"Channing A.","year":"2012"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00378738"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_1","first-page":"27","article-title":"Taxonomic Review of Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus Jim\u00e9nez de la Espada, 1870, With Revalidation of D. imitator (Miranda\u2010Ribeiro, 1920) and Description of Four New Related Species (Anura, Bufonidae)","volume":"4648","author":"Cruz C. 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