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RISSER1 was unable to demonstrate organs of taste in the mouth of the frog tadpole. More recently Helff and Mellicker2 and Hammerman3–6 have described lingual premetamorphic papillae on the tongue anlage of the frog. These investigators believe, on anatomical evidence, that the papillae serve as a taste sensor. This communication reports a behavioural study which was aimed at providing further evidence for a gustatory function of the lingual premetamorphic papillae.
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HAMMERMAN, D., THOMAS, R. Lingual Premetamorphic Papillae as Larval Taste Structures in Frogs. Nature 215, 98–99 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215098a0
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