. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 38 STORY OP THE AMPHIBIANS hatcli and come out again perfect frogs, having, how- ever, been tadpoles a little while in the pits. Several other frogs have sacs on the back in which the eggs are hatched. A tree-frog of Dutch Guiana, and also one of Trinidad, carry their tadpoles around on their backs, where the tadpoles cling by their peculiar suck- ing disks (Fig. 19). The males of a great many frogs have a peculiar habit. They take the strings of eggs and wind them about their thighs. Some of these then go at once into the w
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 38 STORY OP THE AMPHIBIANS hatcli and come out again perfect frogs, having, how- ever, been tadpoles a little while in the pits. Several other frogs have sacs on the back in which the eggs are hatched. A tree-frog of Dutch Guiana, and also one of Trinidad, carry their tadpoles around on their backs, where the tadpoles cling by their peculiar suck- ing disks (Fig. 19). The males of a great many frogs have a peculiar habit. They take the strings of eggs and wind them about their thighs. Some of these then go at once into the water, while others sit in a burrow till the eggs are ready to hatch and then go. Our spadpf oot ^^. 'faM;.*-;»-^<o;.j'M--' FlG. 20.—Axolotl (Amhlystoma iigrinum), tadpole state. toads are said sometimes to do this. A frog in the Solomon Islands, which we have noted as laying its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baskett, James Newton, 1849-; Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942. joint author. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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