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Is this saying that these species give birth to live babies, as opposed to laying eggs?
't would appear so!
Is that not unique in the entire world of amphibians? I was under the impression all amphibians laid eggs.
It's a form of ovovivipary so it's not that crazy, they basically just keep the eggs inside of them instead of laying them.
I mean, to be fair, so do humans...
No, humans use a placental system, they do not put all the energy required for the offspring into the egg initially. It's not really the same at all.
Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
“Being oviparous anamniotes, frogs typically spawn their eggs in bodies of water. The eggs then hatch into fully aquatic larvae called tadpoles, which have tails and internal gills. A few species lay eggs on land or bypass the tadpole stage altogether.”
So maybe not the first, but I am no frogologist.
I believe the term is herpetologist. :)
I had to see a herpetoligist after my ex gave it to me
...oh dear...
I think you can get an OTC cream for that.
Close, but he's actually called Herbie Tonojizz and he's a really sweet guy who loves pineapple!
There are also fish that give live birth, so I wouldn't be that surprised if some amphibians do so as well
Fish are way more diverse than amphibians tho, there's fish that breath air.
There's also amphibians that breathe air
yes i looked on google search, and they give birth to live toadlets, rather than spawning as an egg. apparently its very uncommon for amphibians to do this.