Hi, Frank
Indiviglio here. Im a herpetologist,
zoologist, and book author, recently retired from a career of over 20 years
with the Bronx Zoo.[FONT="] [/FONT]When
it comes to inventive some might say bizarre breeding habits, amphibians
are without equal. Several, such as the skin-brooding Surinam Toad, are
well-known, but recent studies have revealed others that could not have been
predicted i.e. tree-dwelling tadpoles that consume bark and others that gorge
upon their fathers skin (which re-grows for their dining pleasure!) or on egg
omelets whipped up by mom (please see articles linked below). But even
Charles Darwin would be shocked by the habits of a small frog he first
described on his famous voyage, the Darwins Frog, Rhinoderma darwini. Males
guard their eggs and then gobble them up. The tadpoles live in the vocal
sac, feed upon nutritious parental secretions, and then emerge from their
fathers mouths as fully-formed froglets! Sadly, all evidence indicates
that this astonishing creature is extinct the latest victim of the infamous
chytridiomycosis epidemic. Read the rest
of this article here http://bit.ly/1jmK0nS Please also check out my posts on Twitter http://bitly.com/JP27Nj and Facebook http://on.fb.me/KckP1m
My Bio, with photos of animals Ive been lucky enough to work with: http://bitly.com/LC8Lbp
Best Regards, Frank Indiviglio
Indiviglio here. Im a herpetologist,
zoologist, and book author, recently retired from a career of over 20 years
with the Bronx Zoo.[FONT="] [/FONT]When
it comes to inventive some might say bizarre breeding habits, amphibians
are without equal. Several, such as the skin-brooding Surinam Toad, are
well-known, but recent studies have revealed others that could not have been
predicted i.e. tree-dwelling tadpoles that consume bark and others that gorge
upon their fathers skin (which re-grows for their dining pleasure!) or on egg
omelets whipped up by mom (please see articles linked below). But even
Charles Darwin would be shocked by the habits of a small frog he first
described on his famous voyage, the Darwins Frog, Rhinoderma darwini. Males
guard their eggs and then gobble them up. The tadpoles live in the vocal
sac, feed upon nutritious parental secretions, and then emerge from their
fathers mouths as fully-formed froglets! Sadly, all evidence indicates
that this astonishing creature is extinct the latest victim of the infamous
chytridiomycosis epidemic. Read the rest
of this article here http://bit.ly/1jmK0nS Please also check out my posts on Twitter http://bitly.com/JP27Nj and Facebook http://on.fb.me/KckP1m
My Bio, with photos of animals Ive been lucky enough to work with: http://bitly.com/LC8Lbp
Best Regards, Frank Indiviglio
