Gastric brooding: unique form of parental care in an Australian frog.
The recently described leptodactylid frog Rheobatrachus silus of Queensland, Australia, exhibits a unique form of parental care. The female carries embryos and young in the stomach, propulsively ejecting the juveniles.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology