Neotropical treefrog can choose to lay eggs in water or on land
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 16:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When frogs reproduce, like all vertebrates, they either lay their eggs in water or on land - with one exception, according to new research by a team of Boston University scientists who discovered a treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) in Panama that reproduces both ways...
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