Difference between revisions of "Amphibian Reproduction - Anatomy & Physiology"

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=== Anamniotic Eggs ===
 
=== Anamniotic Eggs ===

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Reproductive Traits

Amphibian reproduction can by classified by primitive traits that are shared by most fish.

Oviparous

  • Lay eggs with little or no embryonic development within the mother.

Anamniotic Eggs

Cloaca

Population Sex Modulation

Bisexual

Gynogenesis

Parthenogenesis

Gonads

Ovaries

Female Ducts

Testes

Male Ducts

Parental care

Paternal

Maternal

Species Differences

Frogs and Toads (Anurans)

Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

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