A review of multiple studies on bullfrogs and other anurans noted male behavior within the groups changes according to the population density of the leks.
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Another theory is that the anuran water loss from dry conditions helped cause high mortality rates among adults, although this point is hotly contested.
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The children's book series featuring Frog and Toad, two grumpy anurans, has become a huge seller, rivaling the Curious George books.
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As frogs are rarely found as articulated skeletons in the fossil record, the discovery of this new taxon has provided important insight into anuran evolution.
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Focusing his researches on comparative endocrinology of amphibians, Saidapur explained the different types of reproductive processes followed by the tropical anurans and their control mechanisms.
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It is also by far the largest of the three; its more than 5, 000 different species make up over 96 % of all living anurans.
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The amphibamid " Gerobatrachus ", described in 2008, was proposed to be a anurans ( frogs and toads ) and caudatans ( salamanders ).
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The strain of " M . liflandii " that has been isolated from anuran sources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been designated KT1.
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Most of the Anurans, whether frog or toad or something else, breed in water and lay jelly-coated eggs that hatch into vegetarian tadpoles, with tails.
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While the opalines are often referred to as " parasites ", two lines of evidence suggest that they are actually commensals which do no harm to their anuran hosts.
