Esempi
‘This is really fascinating because, though males are known to guard eggs, they have never been known to transport the froglets ,’ said Janalee P. Caldwell, specialist in amphibian biology at the University of Oklahoma.
As the tiny froglets emerge from their shells, usually a brood of up to 25, each climbs onto the father's back.
But while eggs and tadpoles thus escape becoming a meal for a predator, they must develop into froglets by the time the pools have dried up in late June or early July.
Often ‘mass emergence’ of froglets can lead to a frenzy of predators putting in an appearance.
Tadpoles and froglets can be preyed on by other frogs, crayfish, fish, turtles, and dragonfly larvae.
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