Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Glassfrogs show surprising diversity of parental strategies

04/05/2017 03:10 PM EDT

a female Cochranella granulosa

New research from Boston University has found that in many species glassfrog mothers brood their eggs during the night the eggs are fertilized, and that this care improves the survival of the eggs, while in almost a third of species glassfrog fathers stay on guard for much longer periods.


Full story at https://www.bu.edu/news/2017/03/31/glassfrogs-show-surprising-diversity-of-parental-strategies/

Source
Boston University


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