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Table 1 Number of prey during different life larval stages in Lepidobatrachus spp.

From: Evolutionary and developmental considerations of the diet and gut morphology in ceratophryid tadpoles (Anura)

Species Stages n Anurans Crustaceans Mollusks Insects
Lepidobtrachus laevis Limb bud 8 Rhinella major (74), Leptodactylus latinasus (26), Lepidobatrachus laevis (1) Daphnia (1) Larvae (2)
Digit differentiation 7 Rhinela schneideri (2), R. major (15), Leptodactylus bufonius (3), Scinax sp. (5), Dermatonotus muelleri (10), Pseudis paradoxa (3), Lepidobatrachus laevis (1) Daphnia (13), Hyallela (15), Triops (1)
Limb growth 19 Scinax sp. (8), Leptodactlus bufonius (3)¸ Dermatonotus muelleri (3), Rhinella major (2), R. schneideri (1), Pseudis paradoxa (2), Physalaemus biligonigerus (1) Ceratophrys cranwelli (1) Daphnia (25), Hyallela (35), Triops (3) Biomphalaria (2) Hemiptera (2), Coleoptera (5), Hymenoptera (1)
Metamorphosis 14 Scinax sp. (4), Dermatonotus muelleri (2), Physalaemus biligonigerus (6) Hyallela (10), Daphnia (18), Triops (1) Biomphalaria (3) Coleoptera (16) Larvae (2)
Lepidobtrachus llanenesis Limb bud 4 Hyallela (17)
Digit differentiation 4 Chacophrys pierottii (6), Leptodactylus sp. (24) Hyallela (29), Daphnia (7) Larvae (2)
Limb growth 14 Chacophrys pierottii (2), Leptodactylus bufonius (3), Indet (2) Hyallela (39), Daphnia (44), Triops (1) Coleoptera (3), larvae (3)
Metamorphosis 7 Chacophrys pierottii (1) Daphnia (12) Coleoptera (5)
Indet (2) Hyallela (70)   Larvae (1)