three wild anurans, namely, Bufo melanostictus, Kaloula pulchra, and Polypedates megacephalus, and two commercially breed amphibians, namely, Rana catesbeiana and Xenopus laevis Raw sequence reads
The gut and skin microbiota play critical roles in host fitness. Anuran amphibian metamorphosis reshapes and restructures their morphology, physiology, and behavior and usually prepares them for a transformation from an aquatic to a terrestrial or semi-terrestrial lifestyle, with drastic changes in food and habitat. Changes in the microbiota on amphibian skin and their gut microbiota through development and the impact of antimicrobial peptides on skin and gut microbiota at different developmental stages is currently not well understood. Here, we use high-throughput 16S amplicon and metagenomic sequencing to characterize the gut and skin microbiota of three wild anurans, namely, Bufo melanostictus, Kaloula pulchra, and Polypedates megacephalus, and two commercially breed amphibians, namely, Rana catesbeiana and Xenopus laevis during metamorphosis.