Discovery of a New Mating Position in Frogs

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:31 in Biology & Nature

Six mating positions (amplexus modes) are known among the almost 7,000 species of frogs and toads found worldwide. However, the Bombay night frog mates differently. In a new study, scientists have described a new (seventh) mode of amplexus--now named as dorsal straddle.

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