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A San Carlos tree frog
... that the
San Carlos tree frog
is an "explosive breeder" and is stimulated to breed by the arrival of heavy rain?
... that the
Brazil-nut poison frog
(pictured)
sometimes places its
tadpoles
in water-filled capsules that have fallen from the
Brazil nut tree
?
... that the
tadpoles
of the frog
Indirana semipalmata
are the first ever known to hatch, feed, and
metamorphose
on
tree barks
?
...that the
Australian
Giant burrowing frog
does not croak, but rather hoots like an
owl
?
... that the female
tree frog
Aplastodiscus leucopygius
inspects the underground
nesting
chamber prepared by the male before accepting his advances?