Absurd Creature of the Week: The Frog Whose Young Erupt From ... - WIRED
2013年12月13日 · This is the Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, whose females absorb their eggs into their own backs. Here the embedded young develop safely before erupting through their mom’s skin. GIF by Nurie...
Baby Toads Born from Mom's Back | World's Weirdest - YouTube
2012年4月25日 · Kids getting under your skin? It's no joke for a female Suriname sea toad — she gives birth to her offspring right out of holes in her back. Subscribe: http...
Common Surinam toad - Wikipedia
The females of this species are well-known for "incubating" their eggs on their backs, in honeycomb-like depressions directly within the skin, releasing fully-formed froglets after a period of 4–5 months.
This Frog Might Be The World's Most Overprotective Mom
2015年12月7日 · Boulanger's backpack frog, or Cryptobatrachus boulengeri, is a small frog from Colombia with a very unusual adaptation. While most frogs release their eggs into the water, where babies develop from tadpoles into baby frogs, backpack frogs belong to a family of frogs called Hemiphractidae that's unusually protective.
The Surinam Toad: A Strange Amphibian With Unusual Egg Care
2011年7月7日 · The cavities left on the female's back after the youngsters leave may look weird or even unpleasant, but they don't seem to bother the frog. She sheds the damaged skin and the cycle begins again.
What kind of frog babies come out of its back? - Reptile Knowledge
The male frog grabs the female's back and fertilizes the eggs as the female frog releases them (Figure 2.2B). Rana pipiens usually lays around 2500 eggs, while the bullfrog, Rana catesbiana, can lay as many as 20,000.
What kind of frog has eggs on its back? - reptileknowledge.com
What frog lays eggs from its back? The species is known for incubating its eggs in honeycombed chambers in the skin of the mother's back, releasing fully formed froglets after a period of 4–5 months.
Watch the weird way a Surinam toad gives birth
There are all kinds of peculiar ways animals send their broods off into the world. But having them erupt from your back takes some beating.
Do frogs carry babies on their backs? - reptileknowledge.com
Do frogs have babies on their backs? Male Suriname toads deposit eggs on the females back, where the skin grows around the eggs, creating a surface like inverted bubble wrap. Some species manage to give birth to live young, yet the mother contributes little to no food in utero.
The Surinam Toad’s Secret: Babies from the Back!
Unlike most frogs and toads that lay eggs in water, the Surinam toad’s female lays her eggs on the back of the male. This peculiar method of reproduction is called “back-birth” or “dermal birth.”