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Frogs without polliwogs: Evolution of anuran direct development
Frogs without polliwogs: Evolution
of anuran direct development
Elizabeth M. Callery,1 Hung Fang,2 and Richard P. Elinson3*
Summary
Direct development is the assumption of the adult
morphology without progression through an intervening,
morphologically distinct, free-living larval phase. We
discuss the ecological factors contributing to the evolu-
tion of this derived life-history strategy in frogs, and the
developmental modifica