| Tadpoles: the biology of anuran larvae RW McDiarmid, R Altig University of Chicago Press, 1999 | 1150* | 1999 |
| Body plan: development and morphology R Altig, RW McDiarmid | 785 | 1999 |
| Guilds of anuran larvae: relationships among developmental modes, morphologies, and habitats R Altig, GF Johnston Herpetological monographs, 81-109, 1989 | 651 | 1989 |
| A key to the tadpoles of the continental United States and Canada R Altig Herpetologica, 180-207, 1970 | 458 | 1970 |
| What do tadpoles really eat? Assessing the trophic status of an understudied and imperiled group of consumers in freshwater habitats R Altig, MR Whiles, CL Taylor Freshwater biology 52 (2), 386-395, 2007 | 432 | 2007 |
| A primer for the morphology of anuran tadpoles R Altig Herpetological conservation and biology 2 (1), 71-74, 2007 | 212 | 2007 |
| Morphological diversity and evolution of egg and clutch structure in amphibians R Altig, RW McDiarmid Herpetological Monographs 21 (1), 1-32, 2007 | 205 | 2007 |
| Endotrophic anurans: development and evolution G Thibaudeau, R Altig Tadpoles: the biology of anuran larvae, 170-188, 1999 | 121 | 1999 |
| Major characteristics of free-living anuran tadpoles R Altig, GF Johnston | 82 | 1986 |
| Physical, chemical and biological dynamics of five temporary dystrophic forest pools in central Mississippi LA Bonner, WJ Diehl, R Altig Hydrobiologia 353, 77-89, 1997 | 80 | 1997 |
| Nocturnal stratification of three species of Ambystoma larvae LC Branch, R Altig Copeia 1981 (4), 870-873, 1981 | 77 | 1981 |
| Sequence of ontogenetic development and atrophy of the oral apparatus of six anuran tadpoles DG Thibaudeau, R Altig Journal of Morphology 197 (1), 63-69, 1988 | 76 | 1988 |
| Handbook of larval amphibians of the United States and Canada R Altig, RW McDiarmid Cornell University Press, 2017 | 75 | 2017 |
| Food deprivation during different periods of tadpole (Hyla chrysoscelis) ontogeny affects metamorphic performance differently MC Audo, TM Mann, TL Polk, CM Loudenslager, WJ Diehl, R Altig Oecologia 103, 518-522, 1995 | 72 | 1995 |
| Indices of feeding in anuran tadpoles as indicated by gut characteristics R Altig, JP Kelly Herpetologica, 200-203, 1974 | 65 | 1974 |
| Laboratory behavior of Ascaphus truei tadpoles R Altig, ED Brodie Jr Journal of Herpetology, 21-24, 1972 | 64 | 1972 |
| Sexual and seasonal differences in behavior of Trachemys scripta (Testudines: Emydidae) RB Thomas, N Vogrin, R Altig Journal of Herpetology 33 (3), 511-515, 1999 | 62 | 1999 |
| Spiders as frog-eaters: a global perspective M Nyffeler, R Altig The Journal of Arachnology 48 (1), 26-42, 2020 | 59 | 2020 |
| Occurrence of oral deformities in larval anurans DL Drake, R Altig, JB Grace, SC Walls Copeia 2007 (2), 449-458, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Percent assimilation and clearance times of five anuran tadpoles R Altig, W McDearman Herpetologica, 67-69, 1975 | 56 | 1975 |
