Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0053905

Zusammenfassung

Amphibians show a high degree of diversity in their feeding habits. Amphibian larvae use suction feeding (caecilians and salamanders) or mucus-entrapment suspension feeding (frogs). Adult amphibians feed by suction (paedomorphic salamanders), biting (caecilians), tongue protraction (most terrestrial salamanders) or tongue projection (frogs and some plethodontid salamanders). Some of this diversity in feeding strategies is due to the biphasic lifecycle of amphibians in that larval and adult lifestyle (aquatic vs. terrestrial) have different functional demands on the feeding structures. ...