Mating and nesting behaviour, and early development in the free frog Polypedates maculatus

摘要

While the male of the tree frog, polypedates maculatus, in axillary amplexus with female (i.e. with its vent closer to that of the female) constructs terrestrial foam nest by whipping up the released seminal fluid with its hind limbs, the female releases eggs (210-448) that are unpigmented. The duration of this process is about 2.5h. The eggs complete their embryonic development in the foam nest within nine days, and the larvae complete their metamorphosis in 60+-10 days.