Sooglossus

…The latter species are rare, but unusual methods of protecting eggs and larvae are found across lineages. In the mid-summer frogs Alytes and the Seychelles burrowing frogs Sooglossus , parents protect the eggs and larvae by attaching them to their bodies, while in the wolf frogs and the pompano frogs Gastrotheca , females nurse a small number of large eggs in a nursery on their backs until metamorphosis is complete. In the Darwin's frog Rhinoderma darwinii , the male is in charge of nursing the young until the vocal pouch is filled with them, but in the Australian black wolf frog Rheobatrachus silus , the female nurses the larvae in her stomach. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…後者の種類は少ないが，卵や幼生の保護手段に風変りなものが系統と関係なく見られる。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。…

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