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A female Flectonotus pygmaeus with eggs enclosed on the back. An unusual and unique adaptation in this family is the breeding behavior where the eggs are carried on the female's back; the eggs may develop into froglets on the back of the female without free-swimming tadpole stage, be released after hatching as tadpoles, or be deposited in water to complete their development there.
Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata is a small nocturnal frog of a snout–vent size of approximately 2 cm. [4] C. ventrimaculata lacks webbing on the hind foot. It has a narrow and pointed head and a slender body. [5] These frogs prefer to remain underground during the day and emerge after dusk alongside their spider hosts and forage the surrounding ...
Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history. An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes , anteriorly-attached tongue , limbs folded underneath, and no tail (the tail of tailed frogs is an extension of the male cloaca).
Pithecopus gonzagai is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil. It lives several states north of the Rio São Francisco. [2] [3] [1] This frog lives in trees in grasslands and shrublands. The frogs call from temporary ponds. The female lays eggs on leaves overhanging the water. The tadpoles fall into the water after they hatch.
The frogs’ call consists of two to three notes, with the first note different from those that follow it. The new species was named after the Noa-Dihing River, which is near where specimens were ...
The granular poison frog (Oophaga granulifera) is typical of a number of tree frogs in the poison dart frog family Dendrobatidae. Its eggs are laid on the forest floor and when they hatch, the tadpoles are carried one by one on the back of an adult to a suitable water-filled crevice such as the axil of a leaf or the rosette of a bromeliad .
The mating period of these frogs is during the fall and winter seasons. These frogs call usually during the morning and mid-afternoon hours. [15] Males of this species do not attract females with croaks, instead producing a sharp clicking sound by snapping the hyoid bone in their throats. [16] The clicking sound resembles metallic noises.
Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs". Although a few groups are primarily terrestrial, rhacophorids are predominantly arboreal treefrogs. Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold on to a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam. The eggs are laid in the foam and ...