(a) Male (left) and female from Sulawesi; (b) Female with tadpoles removed from the oviduct. (c) Adult male calling by a stream; two tadpoles visible within the circle; (d) dorsal and ventral views of tadpoles released by a female at the moment of capture
Limnonectes larvaepartus is a species of fanged frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to northern and western Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] It is unique in that it has internal fertilization and gives live birth to tadpoles.[1] Other frog species that have live birth produce froglets.
^ abcIskandar, D. T.; Evans, B. J.; McGuire, J. A. (2014). "A novel reproductive mode in frogs: a new species of fanged frog with internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e115884. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k5884I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115884. PMC 4281041. PMID 25551466.
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