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Edible frog By: Arthur Christiansen From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966

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Edible frogs By: A. van den Nieuwenhuizen From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966

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Poor little frog is named "Edible." That's basically advertising.

They have 26 chromosomes btw, according to wikipedia

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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Voting ended onSep 28, 2023

American Toad: These toads lay up to 8000 eggs in a single clutch, laid out in a string. Tadpoles have been proposed to have a mutually beneficial relationship with the algae Chlorogonium, where the algae growing on their backs seems to cause them to grow faster. Like most toads, their parotoid glands contain bufotoxin, a foul-tasting chemical. They are also known to interbreed with A. woodhousii and A. hemiophrys in regions where their ranges overlap. Females of the same clutch, however, are able to recognize their brothers through their calls, avoiding potential inbreeding.

Edible Frog: Found throughout Europe, this species is a hybrid of Rana ridibundus (the marsh frog) and R. lessonae (the pool frog). Due to this, they can be either diploid or triploid and demonstrate different genomes due to a process called hybridogenesis. They are also sometimes quite difficult to distinguish from either parent species, taking on traits from one or both. For example, their hibernation behaviours vary depending on which parent species they coexist with: if near R. ridibundus, they hibernate in water. If near R. lessonae, they hibernate on land. As their common name suggests, they were often eaten by humans of the area.

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