Many other diverse forms of parental care are seen in frogs.
The reason why you hear about it more in frogs is because they are amphibians who need to stay moist and breathe through their skin.
In frogs the tail is absorbed by the body, for the last stage of metamorphosis.
It's certainly going to affect the way I go around looking at the question of chorusing in frogs.
In frogs and toads, it is located just behind the eye.
The fungus was found in frogs from all the locations except Japan.
But the phenomenon happens to be particularly well documented in frogs.
In frogs, the change is controlled relatively slowly, mainly by hormones.
Similar findings were discovered in frogs, octopuses and a variety of other animals.
They note that deformities in frogs had been reported as far back as the 1800's.