The Spawning Behavior of Pipa Parva and Metamorphosis of Offspring
Photos by Lars Österdahl

1. Male Clasping Female

2. Summersaulting
Male fertilizing each individual egg as it emerages.

3. Courtship Continues

4. Female carrying eggs on back

5. Tadpole with hind limbs

6. Tadpole with front limbs present



7. Late Stage Froglet

All Photos by Lars Österdahl
Swedish Dendrobates Society -Stockholm, SWEDEN
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