ArticleBaker RE, Veltman WA, Corner MA.
Dev Psychobiol. 1977 Jul;10(4):299-304.
The frog, Discoglossus pictus, has been studied with respect to wiping reflex behavior developing after skin rotations performed at larval stages. Misdirected wiping reflexes were obtained only from belly skin-grafts placed on the animals' back; back skin-grafts on the belly failed to elicit any misdirected limb movements in this species. We found that misdirected reflexes occurred more readily in 3-week and older animals if not subjected to any previous test experience, than in younger naive frogs. Frogs that had been exposed to daily cutaneous stimulation between 2 to 4 weeks after metamorphosis showed a delayed development of misdirected responses.