| Tadpoles: the biology of anuran larvae RW McDiarmid, R Altig University of Chicago Press, 1999 | 1200* | 1999 |
| Body plan: development and morphology R Altig, RW Mcdiarmid | 812 | 1999 |
| Guilds of anuran larvae: relationships among developmental modes, morphologies, and habitats R Altig, GF Johnston Herpetological monographs, 81-109, 1989 | 666 | 1989 |
| A key to the tadpoles of the continental United States and Canada R Altig Herpetologica, 180-207, 1970 | 462 | 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 | 439 | 2007 |
| A primer for the morphology of anuran tadpoles R Altig Herpetological conservation and biology 2 (1), 71-74, 2007 | 227 | 2007 |
| Morphological diversity and evolution of egg and clutch structure in amphibians R Altig, RW McDiarmid Herpetological Monographs 21 (1), 1-32, 2007 | 212 | 2007 |
| Endotrophic anurans: development and evolution G Thibaudeau, R Altig Tadpoles: the biology of anuran larvae, 170-188, 1999 | 124 | 1999 |
| Standard techniques for inventory and monitoring NJ Scott, ML Crump, BL Zimmerman, RG Jaeger, RF Inger, PS Corn, ... Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994 | 106 | 1994 |
| Handbook of larval amphibians of the United States and Canada R Altig, RW McDiarmid Cornell University Press, 2017 | 83 | 2017 |
| Physical, chemical and biological dynamics of five temporary dystrophic forest pools in central Mississippi LA Bonner, WJ Diehl, R Altig Hydrobiologia 353 (1), 77-89, 1997 | 83 | 1997 |
| Major characteristics of free-living anuran tadpoles R Altig, GF Johnston | 83 | 1986 |
| 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 | 81 | 1988 |
| Nocturnal stratification of three species of Ambystoma larvae LC Branch, R Altig Copeia 1981 (4), 870-873, 1981 | 79 | 1981 |
| 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 (4), 518-522, 1995 | 77 | 1995 |
| Spiders as frog-eaters: a global perspective M Nyffeler, R Altig The Journal of Arachnology 48 (1), 26-42, 2020 | 76 | 2020 |
| Indices of feeding in anuran tadpoles as indicated by gut characteristics R Altig, JP Kelly Herpetologica, 200-203, 1974 | 67 | 1974 |
| Laboratory behavior of Ascaphus truei tadpoles R Altig, ED Brodie Jr Journal of Herpetology, 21-24, 1972 | 67 | 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 | 66 | 1999 |
| Coloration of anuran tadpoles (Amphibia): development, dynamics, function, and hypotheses G Thibaudeau, R Altig International Scholarly Research Notices 2012 (1), 725203, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |