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2. They are the only terrestrial vertebrates that preserve free-living larvae and produce large oocytes with a transparent vitelline membrane that allows for the direct observation of the different stages of embryonic
Here we report a rare fossil of a crown-group spadefoot toad from the late Paleocene of Mongolia. The phylogenetic analysis using both morphological and molecular information recovered this Asian fossil inside the modern North American pelobatoid clade Scaphiopodidae. The presence of a spade and ...
The (Zombie-)Toad-in-the-HoleDavid Bressan
A Little Toad in the Great War: Technology for Trench WarfareDan Schlenoff
Beelzebufo and the Pumpkin ToadletJennifer Frazer
Venenum Bufonis (VB, Chinese name “Chan Su”), a well-known Traditional Chinese Medicine, is the dried white extract of the auricular and skin glands of Bufo gargarizans Cantor or Bufo melanostictus Schneider1. It has been used traditionally for the treatment of deep-rooted carbuncles and...
Daytime naps have been linked with enhanced memory encoding and consolidation. It remains unclear how a daily napping schedule impacts learning throughout the day, and whether these effects are the same for well-rested and sleep restricted individuals. W
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