Table 1.
Growth experiments on various taxa wherein growth of individual larvae was manipulated and individual responses including metamorphic timing were recorded and evaluated.
| Taxon | Growth treatment affected metamorphic timing? | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Caudata | ||
| Plethodontidae | ||
| Desmognathus quadramaculatus | No | Hickerson et al. 2005 |
| Desmognathus ocoee | No | Beachy 1995b |
| Hemidactylium scutatum | No | O’Lauglin and Harris 2000 |
| Eurycea wilderae | No | C.K. Beachy, personal observation |
| Ambystomatidae | ||
| Ambystoma maculatum | Yes | Ihli and Beachy 2016 |
| Ambystoma tigrinum | Yes | Ihli and Beachy 2016 |
| Ambystoma mexicanuma | Yes | Clarkson and Beachy 2015 |
| Ambystoma talpoideum | Yes | Ryan and Semlitsch 2003 |
| Salamandridae | ||
| Salamandra infraimmaculata | Yes | Marburg 2009 |
| Neurergus microspilotus | Yes | Vaissi and Sharifi 2016 |
| Anura | ||
| Bufonidae | ||
| Anaxyrus americanus | Yes | Beachy 2001 |
| Anaxyrus woodhousei | Yes | Alford and Harris 1988 |
| Hylidae | ||
| Hyla versicolor | Yes | Beachy et al. 1999 |
| Hyla chrysoscelis | Yes | Audo et al. 1995 |
| Hyla squirella | Yes | Beck 1997 |
| Hyla gratiosa | Yes | Leips and Travis 1994 |
| Hyla cinerea | Yes | Leips and Travis 1994 |
| Pseudacris crucifer | Yes | Hensley 1993 |
| Pelobatidae | ||
| Spea hammondii | Yes | Morey and Reznick 2000; Denver et al. 1998 |
| Scaphiopus couchii | Yes | Newman 1989, 1998; Morey and Reznick, 2000 |
| Spea intermontana | Yes | Morey and Reznick, 2000 |
| Pipidae | ||
| Xenopus laevis | Yes | McCoy et al. 2007 |
| Arthropoda | ||
| Crustacea | ||
| Mesocyclops edax | Yes | Twombly 1996 |
| Balanus glandula | Yes | Hentschel and Emlet, 2000 |
| Petrolisthes cabrilloi | Yes | Howard and Hentschel 2005 |
| Insecta | ||
| Aedes aegypti | Yes | Zeller and Koella 2016 |
| Oncopeltus fasciatus | Yes | Blakley 1981 |
| Oncopeltus cingulifer | Yes | Blakley 1981 |
| Lestes viridis | Yes | Rolff et al. 2004 |
a
Ambystoma mexicanum are obligately paedomorphic. Larvae in this experiment were induced to metamorphose by immersion in 5 nM T4.