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Mating Is a Deadly Business for the Females of Amazonian Frog

Mating Is a Deadly Business for the Females of Amazonian Frog

by Responsible herpetoculture - Apr. 16, 2025
Amazonian frog

Like many amphibians, the Amazonian frog (Rhinella proboscidea) is an explosive breeder. Males gather in huge numbers at spawning sites during the brief, desperate mating season, battling among themselves for access to females.

Some females inevitably perish in the scrum, yet they are still fair game: by mounting a dead partner and then massaging her abdomen with his legs, a male of the Amazonian frog can squeeze out her cargo of eggs and fertilise them in the usual way.

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