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03-31-2016, 11:52 AM
Rare dancing tadpoles discovered in India after a 125-year-long search
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A new species of dancing tadpoles have been discovered in the Western Ghats of India. While the Indian dancing frog family to which they belong has been k**wn for 125 years, the tadpoles had until **w remained a mystery.
See also: Here's a delightful photo of a mantis sitting on a frog (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/preying-mantis-on-frog/)
The Indian dancing frogs are named because of their amphibian dance, or the way they move their legs in territorial and ***ual displays to attract potential mates
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A team of scientists from India, Sri Lanka and the US discovered (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151781) the tadpole, which remained undiscovered because they live underground.
Unlike most tadpoles, this rare species from the Indian dancing frog Micrixalidae burrow through sand and live in darkness under the sand beds near streams, until they develop into young frogs. It has muscular bodies like eels and skin-covered eyes that enable them to burrow Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/dancing-tadpoles-india/)
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A new species of dancing tadpoles have been discovered in the Western Ghats of India. While the Indian dancing frog family to which they belong has been k**wn for 125 years, the tadpoles had until **w remained a mystery.
See also: Here's a delightful photo of a mantis sitting on a frog (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/preying-mantis-on-frog/)
The Indian dancing frogs are named because of their amphibian dance, or the way they move their legs in territorial and ***ual displays to attract potential mates
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzMxLzI3L3RhZHBvbGVzMi5hYzc1OS5qcGcKcA l0aHVtYgk1NzV4NDA5Nj4/22cda78c/7dd/tadpoles-2.jpg
A team of scientists from India, Sri Lanka and the US discovered (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151781) the tadpole, which remained undiscovered because they live underground.
Unlike most tadpoles, this rare species from the Indian dancing frog Micrixalidae burrow through sand and live in darkness under the sand beds near streams, until they develop into young frogs. It has muscular bodies like eels and skin-covered eyes that enable them to burrow Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/dancing-tadpoles-india/)
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