Larval morphology of selected anuran species from India Author Raj, Prudhvi 62 - 8 - 26, Sriharipuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pardesh India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, PO Box 13, Dehardun 248001, Uttarakhand, India. Author Vasudevan, Karthikeyan Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, Telangana, India. Author Dutta, Sushil Kumar Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Sonapur 782 402, Assam, India. Author Sahoo, Gunanidhi Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751004, Odisha, India. & P. G. Department of Zoology, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Takatpur, Baripada 757003, Orissa, India. Author Mahapatra, Susmita P. G. Department of Zoology, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Takatpur, Baripada 757003, Orissa, India. Author Sharma, Richa Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, Telangana, India. text Alytes 2023 2023-05-05 39 - 40 1 140 journal article 311827 10.5281/zenodo.16896351 2872be02-f6f7-4125-81fe-eeb319de6e53 2999-9162 16896351 AD2E3DAB-560A-4F9A-9741-815C9753D92A

Table 23. Morphometric measurements of Chirixalus dudhwaensis tadpoles. If other than one, number of specimens after Gosner stage (in brackets); mean value with standard deviation.

Gosner Stage	26 (9)	27 (12)	28 (17)	29 (2)	30 (6)	31 (8)	32 (13)	33 (3)	34 (5)	35 (3)	36 (2)	37 (3)	38 (3)	39 (2)	40	41 (7)	42 (2)	43 (3)
IOL	0.9 ± 0.03	1.2 ± 0.05	1.3 ± 0.02	1.3 ± 0.10	1.4 ± 0.05	1.6 ± 0.03	1.7 ± 0.06	1.9 ± 0.17	2.1 ± 0.16	2.2 ± 0.03	2.2 ± 0.10	2.2 ± 0.08	2.9 ± 0.15	3.1 ± 0.25	2.9	3.5 ± 0.09	3.6 ± 0.10	3.9 ± 0.18
INL	0.8 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.02	1.05 ± 0.05	1.07 ± 0.07	1.2 ± 0.03	1.3 ± 0.04	1.3 ± 0.05	1.4 ± 0.06	1.2 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.15	1.5 ± 0.08	1.6 ± 0.03	1.5 ± 0.05	1.5	1.5 ± 0.06	1.4	1.7 ± 0.11
NED	0.5 ± 0.01	0.6 ± 0.03	0.8 ± 0.03	0.8	0.8 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.04	1.2	1.2 ± 0.08	1.4 ± 0.06	1.3 ± 0.20	1.4 ± 0.10	1.4 ± 0.06	1.5 ± 0.05	1.5	1.4 ± 0.04	1.4 ± 0.10	1.4 ± 0.15
NSD	0.7 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.03	0.9	1.1 ± 0.04	1.2 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.03	1.5 ± 0.06	1.5 ± 0.08	1.7 ± 0.03	1.8 ± 0.30	1.8	1.9 ± 0.06	1.8 ± 0.05	1.7	*	*	*
SS	5.4 ± 2.57	3.3 ± 0.08	3.7 ± 0.05	3.7 ± 0.05	4.2 ± 0.07	4.6 ± 0.06	5.2 ± 0.12	5.5 ± 0.20	5.9 ± 0.16	6.2 ± 0.27	6.3 ± 0.15	6.4 ± 0.08	6.9 ± 0.17	7.0 ± 0.10	6.3	6.4 ± 0.09	*	*
SV	1.8 ± 0.03	2.3 ± 0.06	2.5 ± 0.06	2.6 ± 0.15	2.9 ± 0.06	3.4 ± 0.07	3.8 ± 0.11	4.1 ± 0.28	4.6 ± 0.20	4.9 ± 0.17	4.9 ± 0.10	4.9 ± 0.19	4.7 ± 0.09	4.5 ± 0.45	4.9	4.3 ± 0.24	*	*
BL	4.3 ± 0.08	4.9 ± 0.09	5.6 ± 0.12	6.1 ± 0.25	6.4 ± 0.04	7 ± 0.08	7.9 ± 0.20	8.3 ± 0.44	9.3 ± 0.27	9.4 ± 0.37	10.4 ± 0.75	9.9 ± 0.20	10.3 ± 0.03	10.1 ± 0.25	10.3	10.2 ± 0.36	9.1 ± 0.05	9.9 ± 0.66
TL	7.4 ± 0.12	8.5 ± 0.22	10.2 ± 0.19	10.9	11.5 ± 0.15	12.7 ± 0.28	14.5 ± 0.43	14.7 ± 0.15	17.3 ± 0.78	18.3 ± 1.31	20.4 ± 1.05	18.5 ± 0.61	20.7 ± 0.19	14.5 ± 4.4	20.1	18.9 ± 0.48	15.6 ± 0.05	9.8 ± 0.73
MBD	2.8 ± 0.06	3.2 ± 0.07	3.6 ± 0.05	3.9 ± 0.15	4.1 ± 0.06	4.6 ± 0.09	5.3 ± 0.17	5.6 ± 0.43	6.5 ± 0.31	6.5 ± 0.42	6.8 ± 0.60	6.7 ± 0.20	7.0 ± 0.12	6.8 ± 0.4	6.5	6.0 ± 0.07	5.5 ± 0.05	5.7 ± 0.08
MTH	1.9 ± 0.07	2.3 ± 0.06	2.6 ± 0.06	2.7 ± 0.10	3.1 ± 0.05	3.4 ± 0.07	3.9 ± 0.13	4.3 ± 0.30	4.6 ± 0.18	5 ± 0.17	5.4	5.1 ± 0.15	5.2 ± 0.03	5.2 ± 0.05	5.0	4.1 ± 0.17	2.9 ± 0.65	2.8 ± 0.19
MTMW	0.7 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.03	1.1 ± 0.15	1.3 ± 0.02	1.4 ± 0.06	1.6 ± 0.05	1.7 ± 0.21	2.1 ± 0.06	2.1 ± 0.17	2.4 ± 0.10	2.3 ± 0.06	2.4 ± 0.06	2.5 ± 0.05	2.2	2.6 ± 0.15	2.1 ± 0.15	2.6 ± 0.07
TMH	0.8 ± 0.04	0.9 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.05	1.3 ± 0.04	1.4 ± 0.06	1.7 ± 0.07	1.9 ± 0.06	2.1 ± 0.07	2.2 ± 0.06	2.3 ± 0.25	2.4 ± 0.12	2.5 ± 0.10	2.3 ± 0.10	2.5	2.5 ± 0.07	2.4 ± 0.20	2.8 ± 0.19
ODD	1.1 ± 0.02	1.3 ± 0.04	1.3 ± 0.03	1.5	1.6 ± 0.04	1.7 ± 0.03	1.9 ± 0.04	2.1 ± 0.03	2.2 ± 0.05	2.3 ± 0.17	2.4 ± 0.15	2.3 ± 0.19	2.6 ± 0.07	2.5 ± 0.10	2.2	1.9 ± 0.17	1.6 ± 0.30	*
VTL	0.9 ± 0.05	0.9 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.10	1.1 ± 0.04	1.3 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.06	1.5 ± 0.15	1.8 ± 0.05	1.7 ± 0.15	1.8	1.9 ± 0.06	1.9 ± 0.18	1.7	1.0	*	*	*
DFH	0.7 ± 0.04	0.8 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.02	1.1	1.2 ± 0.03	1.3 ± 0.02	1.5 ± 0.04	1.6 ± 0.11	1.7 ± 0.18	1.7 ± 0.10	1.9 ± 0.15	1.8 ± 0.08	1.9 ± 0.03	1.9 ± 0.05	2.0	1.5 ± 0.09	1.1	*
VFH	0.6 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.01	0.8	0.9 ± 0.05	0.9 ± 0.02	1 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.06	1.2 ± 0.06	1.3 ± 0.07	1.4 ± 0.15	1.3 ± 0.06	1.3 ± 0.07	1.5 ± 0.05	1.1	0.8 ± 0.04	0.7	*