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.
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korendian@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
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Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 months ago
foodandart@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
't would apear so!
korendian@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 months ago
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.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I mean, to be fair, so do humans…
Kevlar21@piefed.social 11 months ago
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.”
foodandart@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I believe the term is herpetologist. :)
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There are also fish that give live birth, so I wouldn’t be that surprised if some amphibians do so as well
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Fish are way more diverse than amphibians tho, there’s fish that breath air.