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Science 6 December 1974:
Vol. 186. no. 4167, pp. 946 - 947
DOI: 10.1126/science.186.4167.946
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Gastric Brooding: Unique Form of Parental Care in an Australian Frog

C. J. Corben 1, G. J. Ingram 2, and M. J. Tyler 3

1 Red Hill, Queensland, Australia 4059
2 Rochedale. Queensland 4123
3 South Australian Museum, North Terrace. Adelaide 5000

The recently described leptodactylid frog Rheobatrachus silus of Queensland, Australia, exhibits a unique form of parental care. The female carries embryos and young in the stomach, propulsively ejecting the juveniles.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Inhibition of gastric acid secretion in the gastric brooding frog, Rheobatrachus silus.
M. Tyler, D. Shearman, R Franco, P O'Brien, R. Seamark, and R Kelly (1983)
Science 220, 609-610
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