Voorbeelden van tadpole

• Anti-predator defence mechanisms may have evolved during the process that enabled these tadpole species to occupy large permanent streams, which often shelter predatory fishes.

• In sites where visibility was too poor for observation of tadpoles, such as areas with submerged aquatic vegetation, microhabitats were sampled with a small dipnet.

• Females construct underground nests, typically at the beginning of the rainy season before temporary ponds fill, in which they oviposit and attend eggs and tadpoles.

• Dendrobatids with terrestrial oviposition and subsequent parental tadpole transportation were continuously active.

• The role of adult anurans in choosing oviposition sites may also influence the distribution of tadpole species among streams.

• We investigated the correlation between calling activity, rainfall, temperature and water level in two ponds and recorded the occurrence of tadpoles of pond-breeding species.

• In the third axis, larger values indicate use of deeper microhabitats by tadpoles.

• Tadpoles were counted and the number of tadpoles per sweep calculated.