Gastric Brooding: Unique Form of Parental Care in an Australian Frog
- 6 December 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 186 (4167), 946-947
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4167.946
Abstract
The recently described leptodactylid frog Rheobatrachus silus of Queensland, Australia, exhibits a unique form of parental care. The female carries embryos and young in the stomach, propulsively ejecting the juveniles.Keywords
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