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This undated photo obtained December 31, 2014 courtesy of Jim McGuire shows a male and female of the new species (Limnonectes larvaepartus). The male is the smaller one, and the frogs were collected on the west coast of the Central Core of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The frog is endemic to this island. In the depths of an Indonesian rainforest, scientists have identified the first known frog that gives birth to tadpoles instead of laying eggs, according to research published December 31, 2014. Known as Limnonectes larvaepartus, this member of the Asian group of fanged frogs was first discovered decades ago by Indonesian researcher Djoko Iskandar. Scientists have long thought these particular frogs likely gave birth to tadpoles, but they had never seen the creatures mate or spawn firsthand. But they found new evidence of the frogs' reproductive behavior recently when University of California, Berkeley herpetologist Jim McGuire, who was exploring the Sulawesi Island rain forests one night, grabbed one that he thought was a male and found instead it was a female that had about a dozen slippery, newborn tadpoles with her. AFP PHOTO/JIM MCGUIRE/HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO HANDOUT-JIM MCGUIRE"/ NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS/ – NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / =
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Berkeley, California, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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JIM MCGUIRE |
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31 Decembrie 2014 |
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1500 x 998 (311.23 KB) |
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