Breviceps

Japanese: Breviceps
Breviceps

…They lay eggs all year round, in puddles created by heavy rains. The closely related South African frog Breviceps is similar to the former, with an extremely small head and short limbs, and when inflated, its body resembles a balloon. The African ground-mouthed frog B. adspersa (illustration) is 5 cm long and cannot swim or enter water at all. …

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Japanese:

…産卵は一年中行われ,大雨で生じた水たまりなどに産む。 近縁の南アフリカ産のフクラガエル属Brevicepsは前者に類似し,極端に頭部が小さく,四肢も短く,胴を膨らませると風船のようになる。アフリカジムグリガエルB.adspersa(イラスト)は体長5cm,まったく水に入らず泳ぎもできない。…

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