. The common frog. Frogs. 30 THE COMMON FROG. [chap. of the female's back at the laying season thickens greatly and becomes of quite a soft and loose tex- ture. The male, as soon as the eggs are laid, takes them and imbeds them in this thick, soft skin, which closes over them. Each itg^ then undergoes its process of development so enclosed, and the tadpole stage is, in this animal, passed within the q^^, so. The Surinam Toad {Pipa americami). that the young toads emerge from the dorsal cells of the mother completely developed miniatures of the adult. As many as 120 of these dorsal cells have b
. The common frog. Frogs. 30 THE COMMON FROG. [chap. of the female's back at the laying season thickens greatly and becomes of quite a soft and loose tex- ture. The male, as soon as the eggs are laid, takes them and imbeds them in this thick, soft skin, which closes over them. Each itg^ then undergoes its process of development so enclosed, and the tadpole stage is, in this animal, passed within the q^^, so. The Surinam Toad {Pipa americami). that the young toads emerge from the dorsal cells of the mother completely developed miniatures of the adult. As many as 120 of these dorsal cells have been counted on the back of a single indi- vidual. The only instance of a similar cutaneous modi- fication is that pointed out by Dr. Giinther^ in the * See Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, vol. v. p. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London, Macmillan and co.
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