Rheobatrachus silus (English spelling) Rheobatrachussilus

Japanese: Rheobatrachus silus(英語表記)Rheobatrachussilus
Rheobatrachus silus (English spelling) Rheobatrachussilus

...In species such as the mid-day frog Alytes and the Seychelles tree frog Sooglossus , the parents protect the eggs and larvae by attaching them to their bodies, but in the wolf frogs and the pompano frogs Gastrotheca , the females raise a small number of large eggs in a nursery on their backs until metamorphosis is complete. In the Darwin's flower frog Rhinoderma darwinii , the male is in charge of raising the young until the vocal pouch is full of them, but in the Australian black wolf frog Rheobatrachus silus , the female raises the larvae in her stomach. There are also various methods of protecting eggs and larvae, such as the Eifinger's frog Chirixalus eiffingeri , found in the Yaeyama Islands, which lays eggs in safe puddles in tree holes, and the Kajiya tree frog Hyla faber , which builds mud banks in streams to lay eggs. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Rheobatrachus silus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サンバガエル類Alytesやセーシェルコオイガエル類Sooglossusなどでは,親が卵や幼生を体に付着させて守るが,コモリガエル類やフクロアマガエル類Gastrothecaでは雌が背中の育児室で,大粒の少数卵を変態終了まで育てる。ダーウィンハナガエルRhinoderma darwiniiでは雄が育児を担当し,鳴囊内が子ガエルでいっぱいになるまでめんどうをみるが,オーストラリア産イブクロコモリガエルRheobatrachus silusは,雌が胃袋の中で幼生を育てる。そのほか安全な樹洞の水たまりに産卵する八重山列島産のアイフィンガーガエルChirixalus eiffingeri,流れに泥の堤を築いて産卵するカジヤアマガエルHyla faberなど,卵や幼生の保護にさまざまなくふうが見られる。…

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