bob360 Not so new Member Joined May 26, 2009 Messages 69 Reaction score 0 Location adelaide Jul 30, 2009 #1 Do all frogs lay their eggs while mating?
JasonL Almost Legendary Joined Feb 23, 2006 Messages 9,936 Reaction score 2 Location Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Jul 30, 2009 #2 Frogs don't "mate" as such, they go into amplexus, female spurts out her eggs and the male fertilizes them... a bit like fish do.
Frogs don't "mate" as such, they go into amplexus, female spurts out her eggs and the male fertilizes them... a bit like fish do.
gecko-mad Very Well-Known Member Joined May 10, 2009 Messages 1,623 Reaction score 0 Location Coromandel Valley S.A Jul 30, 2009 #3 and all frogs do that right? they dont hold onto their eggs do they? and can u see the eggs? my guess is yes, no, no.
and all frogs do that right? they dont hold onto their eggs do they? and can u see the eggs? my guess is yes, no, no.
Curly56 Active Member Joined Jul 19, 2009 Messages 154 Reaction score 0 Location Redlands SE Qld Jul 30, 2009 #4 I am sure I saw on one of those David Attenborough shows a frog in Africa that has the tadpoles bury themselves in the females back and hatch from there.
I am sure I saw on one of those David Attenborough shows a frog in Africa that has the tadpoles bury themselves in the females back and hatch from there.
gecko-mad Very Well-Known Member Joined May 10, 2009 Messages 1,623 Reaction score 0 Location Coromandel Valley S.A Jul 30, 2009 #5 yeah there are a few frogs kinda like that, i think theres an aussie one? marsupial frog?