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For Just Two Days A Year, These Male Toads Turn A Jazzy Bright Yellow. Now We Know Why
Asian Common Toads (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) [are] an explosive breeder in which males quickly turn from brown to bright ...
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For Two Days Each Year, These Drab Brown Toads Turn a Dazzling Neon Yellow—and Scientists Finally Know Why
Most of the year, male Asian common toads are a dull, muddy brown color. But when the first monsoon rains begin drenching ...
The color change, driven by hormones, seems aimed at preventing males from accidentally mating with each other.
Common toads, with their heavy-set bodies and short limbs, are regarded as typical terrestrial amphibians. “There is no shortage of papers on common toads; they are a very well-studied species,” says ...
There’s a toad invasion underfoot. No, really. According to a new study that analyzed the DNA of 124 species of toads, you can now find them on six of seven continents with a colony most-recently ...
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