Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs

in #nature • 6 years ago (edited)

Do you know that Limnonectes larvaepartus is the only frog species that give birth live tadpoles? It was observed by Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar and was published in 2014.
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Reference:
Iskandar DT, Evans BJ, McGuire JA (2014) A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115884.

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