Field Observation of Egg-laying Behavior of a Puddle Frog Occidozyga sumatrana from Bali, Indonesia (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Koshiro ETO; Masafumi MATSUI

doi:10.5358/hsj.31.121

Current Herpetology

Online ISSN : 1881-1019
Print ISSN : 1345-5834
ISSN-L : 1345-5834

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Field Observation of Egg-laying Behavior of a Puddle Frog Occidozyga sumatrana from Bali, Indonesia (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Koshiro ETO, Masafumi MATSUI

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Keywords: Behavior, Indonesia, Inguinal amplexus, Occidozyga sumatrana, Terrestrial oviposition

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2012 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 121-124

DOI https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.31.121

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Occidozyga sumatrana is not uncommon in some parts of Southeast Asia but its reproduction in nature is poorly known. We observed egg-laying behavior of this species in Bali, Indonesia. The amplectic position was inguinal and the oviposition site was out of the water in O. sumatrana, both of which are unique given its phylogenetic position and the mainly aquatic habits of adults.

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