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They have, however, been successfully bred in captivity. Captive breeding and the protection of the natural habitats in nature reserves may permit the reintroduction of this and other frog species back into the wild. Crested newt’s tail is almost as long as its body AN UNREPEATABLE PHOTOGRAPH? Gatherings like this group of male golden toads (the females are olive brown with bright red spots) in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica in 1985 may be a thing of the past. They have not been seen at all in this region since 1990.

One of the most important adaptations is the development of disks, or sticky pads, on the fingers and toes for holding onto smooth leaf surfaces. Some tree frogs, like the North American cricket frogs, have returned to life on the ground and have lost their adhesive disks. Bright green color camouflage frog in trees NOT ALL TREE FROGS ARE GREEN Tree frogs include some of the prettiest of all the frogs and can be any color of the rainbow, like the marbled reed frog (pp. 22–23). The yellow reed frog (above) from South Africa lives among lily pads in swampy areas.

Fertilization is usually internal – the female picks up the sperm packet with her cloaca, or reproductive organ.  48–49), the female lays her eggs first, then UNDERWATER BALLET the male deposits his sperm 1 The male crested newt over them. Caecilians have a is attracted by the swollen belly of Female special kind of internal the egg-carrying female, as well as fertilization in which the her lack of crest and male inserts the end of his silvery tail markings. She is attracted by the cloaca into that of the female.