Male Frog Guarding Tadpoles (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Male Frog Guarding Tadpoles

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A male of the newly described species of fanged frog, Limnonectes larvaepartus, sits next to a pool containing tadpoles (yellow circle), and may be guarding them, a typical male behavior in some frog species.

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Jim McGuire, UC Berkeley

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