| are oral deformities in tadpoles accurate indicators of anuran chytridiomycosis? | we evaluated the use of oral deformities as reliable proxies for determining batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) infection in tadpoles of six anuran species of the atlantic forest in southeastern brazil. we examined oral discs of 2156 tadpoles of six species of anurans collected in 2016: aplastodiscus albosignatus, boana albopunctata, boana faber, scinax hayii, crossodactylus caramaschii, and physalaemus cuvieri. three oral deformities were recognized: lack of keratinization only in upper and/or ... | 0 | 29320551 |