Research Article

Effects of Salinity on the Egg Fertilization, Hatching, and Tadpole Growth and Survival Rates of the Thailand Frog (Rana tigerina Dubois, 1981)

Table 2

The tadpole survival rate (%) of the Thailand frog during the stage from newly hatched to yolk sac exhaustion, at various salinities.

Salinities (%)Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4

082.00 ± 1.00a72.67 ± 2.51a72.33 ± 2.52a67.33 ± 1.15a
279.33 ± 7.76a57.67 ± 10.01b56.33 ± 10.97b55.67 ± 11.55ab
485.67 ± 8.73a61.33 ± 5.50ab58.33 ± 8.72b50.00 ± 7.00b
680.17 ± 7.12a71.67 ± 7.57a57.00 ± 9.26b20.00 ± 4.36c

Values are presented as mean ± SD. Values with different superscript letters (a, b, c) in the same column show a significant difference .