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Scoliosis due to vitamin B deficiency, tadpole
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Scoliosis due to vitamin B deficiency, tadpole

    Photograph of a Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis tadpole with scoliosis. This tadpole and its cohorts developed scoliosis as a result of vitamin B deficiency. Subsequent clutches were normal when supplemented with vitamin B complex.

Courtesy of the National Aquarium.