Newly identified Indonesian frog species Limnonectes larvaepartus is not unique for its fangs, but the way it makes babies.
This little amphibian from the rain forests of Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi is the only one of the world’s 6,455 frog species to give direct birth to tadpoles, eschewing the common froggy practice of laying eggs, say scientists.
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