Question | Answer |
Derived Anatomy of Anura | Elongated ilium for better attachment of better hind limb muscles; Urostyle and fewer vertebrae for sturdier jumps; Longer hind limbs for change of lateral undulation to jumping locomotion |
Semi-aquatic/Jumper Anura | Live by margins of water bodies for two environments and lots of food; Weak chemical defenses so jumping evasions; waiting out prey |
Hopper/Traveller Anura | Travel and hunt prey; Shorter legs; Can absorb water for travels; Poison glands and camouflage for predators |
Swimming.Fully Aquatic Anura | Large webbed feet; Retail larval lateral line |
Arboreal/Climbing Anura | Elongated limbs for climbing, crawling, and stretching but not jumping; Enlarged adhesion discs on feet that only work when facing up |
Feeding Anatomies Anura | Tongue folded in mouth with sticky saliva, flops out with contractions and is pulled back in |
Mate Finding of Anura | Singing by using air from lungs across vocal chords, into vocal sacs, and then back into lungs to save time, energy, and air; Breath cutaneously during; Implies good hearing and neurological pathways |
Eggs of Anura | Gelatenous mass in water, on leaves near water, in plant bases with water, or covered in mucus; 20% of frogs surpass the larval aquatic state |
Parental Care of Anura | Young in vocal sac, young given unfertilized eggs and moved from pool to pool, eggs in skin of back |
Breeding of Anura | Explosive breeding when time limits environmental water conditions, most males mate and females are not choosy; Prolonged breeding has no time constrains, females are choosy and gives way for extensive courting and sexual selection |