Gigantism in tadpoles and color anomalies in European green toad Bufotes viridis from Poland

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dc.abstract.enSome new cases of anomalies in wild Bufotes viridis from Western Poland are presented together with a discussion of their potential causes and a comparison with similar cases from the literature. The anomalies in question are color aberrations (pre- and post-metamorphic) and developmental pathologies (pre–metamorphic). The color anomalies include an ochre patch in a juvenile, leucism and albinism in both tadpoles and juvenile individuals. Developmental pathologies described in this paper include gigantism, edema, curvature of tail, and asymmetric bodies.
dc.affiliationWydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej i Nauk o Zwierzętach
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Zoologii
dc.contributor.authorSzkudlarek, Michał
dc.contributor.authorKaczmarek, Jan Marek
dc.contributor.authorPiasecka, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGrenas, Wiktor
dc.contributor.authorKaczmarski, Mikołaj
dc.date.access2026-02-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T11:19:07Z
dc.date.available2026-03-17T11:19:07Z
dc.date.copyright2022-06-07
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Some new cases of anomalies in wild <jats:italic>Bufotes viridis</jats:italic> from Western Poland are presented together with a discussion of their potential causes and a comparison with similar cases from the literature. The anomalies in question are color aberrations (pre- and post-metamorphic) and developmental pathologies (pre–metamorphic). The color anomalies include an ochre patch in a juvenile, leucism and albinism in both tadpoles and juvenile individuals. Developmental pathologies described in this paper include gigantism, edema, curvature of tail, and asymmetric bodies.</jats:p>
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dc.description.volume35
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e84228
dc.identifier.issn1013-4425
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/7780
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/84228/list/11/
dc.languageen
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dc.relation.pages95-98
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.subject.enaberration
dc.subject.enBufonidae
dc.subject.enleucism
dc.subject.enpathologies
dc.subtypeScientificCommunication
dc.titleGigantism in tadpoles and color anomalies in European green toad Bufotes viridis from Poland
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