Rapid transformation turns clinging tadpoles into digging adult frogs

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 13:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The Indian Purple frog skeleton undergoes dramatic transformation as tadpoles clinging to underwater rocks become adults digging their way underground, according to a study published March 30, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Gayani Senevirathne from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and colleagues.

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