| the reproductive biology and larvae of the first tadpole-bearing frog, limnonectes larvaepartus. | most of the reproductive modes of frogs include an exotrophic tadpole, but a number of taxa have some form of endotrophic development that lacks a feeding tadpole stage. the dicroglossid frog genus limnonectes ranges from china south into indonesia. the breeding biologies of the approximately 60 described species display an unusual diversity that range from exotrophic tadpoles to endotrophic development in terrestrial nests. there have been mentions of oviductal production of typical, exotrophic ... | 2015 | 25555000 |
| a novel reproductive mode in frogs: a new species of fanged frog with internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles. | we describe a new species of fanged frog (limnonectes larvaepartus) that is unique among anurans in having both internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles. the new species is endemic to sulawesi island, indonesia. this is the fourth valid species of limnonectes described from sulawesi despite that the radiation includes at least 15 species and possibly many more. fewer than a dozen of the 6455 species of frogs in the world are known to have internal fertilization, and of these, all but the new ... | 2014 | 25551466 |