Studies on the development, succession and replacement of teeth in the frog Hyla cinerea

✍ Scribed by Coleman J. Goin; Martha Hester

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1961
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 695 KB
• Volume: 109
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0362-2525
• DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051090305

✦ Synopsis

Although a number of studies on the teeth of amphibians have dealt with the ontogenetic development of an individual tooth (Kvam, '46; Kerr, '60), the first comprehensive study on the dynamics of succession and replacement in the teeth of a modern amphibian was that of Gillettc ('55). Our initial interest in the problem stemmed from studies made by one of us (Goin, '58) on variation in the number of teeth in frogs of the family Hylidae.

With the aid of a NationaI Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Grant awarded to the junior author, we undertook a study of development and succession of the teeth in Hyla so that the condition in a representative of the family Hylidae might be compared with that of a member of the Ranidae as described by Gillette ('55) in his excellent study of Rana pipiens.