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The Southern Gastric Brooding Frog, *Rheobatrachus silus*, was a unique Australian frog species notable for its unusual reproductive behavior. It incubated eggs and raised tadpoles within its stomach cavity. This remarkable adaptation allowed the frog to protect its young from predators and harsh en...
The gastric-brooding frogs were a genus (Rheobatrachus) of extinct aquatic amphibians native to Queensland, Australia. They are most notable for their unique reproductive mechanism, in which the female would swallow her fertilized eggs and brood them in her stomach by suppressing the secretion of ga...
The Northern Gastric Brooding Frog was an aquatic amphibian native to the rainforest streams of Eungella National Park in Queensland, Australia. Discovered in 1984, it is notable for its unique reproductive method, where females swallowed their fertilized eggs and gave birth to fully formed froglets...
